Red China's Green Revolution. Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune, Hardback/Joshua Eisenman

China's dismantling of the Mao-era commune system under Deng Xiaoping has been seen as a successful turn away from a misguided social experiment. Joshua Eisenman marshals previously inaccessible data to overturn this narrative, showing that the commune modernized agriculture, increased productivity, and laid the foundation for future rapid growth.