Li (modern Chinese history, University of Texas-Austin) studies the most prominent historians in China who contributed to the construction or deconstruction of the country's master narrative. He delve
Li (history, U. of Texas-Austin) draws primarily from the account books of economic and political activities in the Qin village of Dongtai municipality in Jiangsu province under agricultural cooperati
This book is about village governance in China during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on government archives from Huailu county, Hebei province, it explores local practices
Village China Under Socialism and Reform offers a comprehensive account of rural life after the communist revolution, detailing villager involvement in political campaigns since the 1950s, agricultura
The theme of the second volume of History of Contemporary China is agricultural reform and rural development. Featured articles offer both empirical account and theoretical analysis of a broad range o