Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents xi
4. Maps xiii
5. Tables xv
6. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER 1 Ecologies and Economies: Shaanbei in the 1930' 14
8. CHAPTER 2 Conflict and Cooperation: The Political Economies of Yanshu and Suide in the 1930's 35
9. CHAPTER 3 Land Reform and Village Reconstruction, 1934-1941 65
10. CHAPTER 4 Repopulating the Yanshu Counties, 1937-1945 90
11. CHAPTER 5 Democratic Reconstruction: Elections and Taxes, 1937-1945 130
12. CHAPTER 6 Tenancy Reform in the Suide Subregion, 1940-1944 164
13. CHAPTER 7 Cooperative Societies, 1937-1945 186
14. CHAPTER 8 Farmwork Mutual Aid, 1943-1944 205
15. Conclusion 241
16. Appendixes
17. APPENDIX A The Mizhi Landlord Ma Weixin's Rental Arrangements, 1920-1941 257
18. APPENDIX B Immigrant Experience of 157 Families, Fourth Township, Liulin District, 1943 259
19. Notes 261
20. Bibliography 293
21. CHARACTER LIST 321
22. Index 327