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This is a study of peasant-state relations and village politics as they have evolved in response to the state's attempts to control the division of the harvest

below. The peasants considered the reserves as a slush fund which cadres abused and which inadequately benefited them.

This book analyses how the Chinese Government attempted to supply its vast, rapidly growing population with adequate grain, 1953-1980.

Between 1979 and 1989, rural life in China was transformed: the communes were dismantled, tiny family farms were created, government domination of commerce and