Author : Daniel Little
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300054774
In this innovative book, Daniel Little compares the positions of various social scientists regarding debates in China studies. Little focuses on four topics: the relative importance of individual rationality and community values in explaining traditional peasant behavior; the role of marketing and transportation systems in Chinese society; the causes of agricultural stagnation in traditional China; and the reasons for peasant rebellions in Qing China. He not only makes a constructive contribution to these controversies but also provides examples of the diversity of social science research.