China's economic revolution / Alexander Eckstein
1977, First Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: United States Air Force Library, with usual library marks remaining.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages; Physical description: xii, 340p. ; 24cm. Summary: Professor Eckstein's book is a study of China's efforts to achieve rapid modernization of its economy within a socialist framework. In discussing the methods used by the government to achieve its aims, Eckstein makes a thorough evaluation of China's general framework for economic planning, particularly in regard to the distribution and pricing of farm products and the allocation of resources in the industrial sector. The author also evaluates the radical institutional changes in property relations and in economic organization in the People's Republic of China. Subjects: China - Economic policy - - Economic conditions - Economic developement - 1949-1976. Item #206027
ISBN: 0521212839
Price: €10.95