Mao's war against nature? The environmental impact of the grain-first campaign in China

China Journal

Volumn , Issue 50, 2003, Pages 37-59

  Ho, Peter ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

CHINA;

EID: 0042970680     PISSN: 13249347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3182245     Document Type: Article

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