'In agriculture, learn from Dazhai': Mao Zedong's revolutionary model village and the battle against nature

Landscape Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-205

  Zhao, Jijun ^a   Woudstra, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chinese communism; Collectivism; Designed landscape; Nature; Self reliance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNISM; HEGEMONY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34247217120     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390701231564     Document Type: Article

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