De-industrialization in the Chinese countryside: Handicrafts and development in Jiajiang (Sichuan), 1935 to 1978

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 173, 2003, Pages 53-73

  Eyferth, Jacob ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAFT PRODUCTION; DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

CHINA; JIAJIANG; SICHUAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0037367456     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0009443903000056     Document Type: Article

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