Contents

Abstract
Contents
Preface
1. Evolution of Land Reform
1.1. The Agrarian Question
1.2. Hunan Peasant Uprising
1.3. Early Land Reform
1.4. Land Reform and the Second Sino-Japanese War
1.5. Land Reform and the End of the Chinese Civil War
1.6. Conclusion
2. Land Reform and the State
2.1. State of the Republic
2.2. The Land Law
2.3. Establishing the State and Communist Political Power
2.4. Destroying the Landed Class
2.5. Mutual Aid and the Peasant Experience
2.6. Conclusion
3. Resisting America and the Construction of the Nation
3.1. The Korean War
3.2. Distinguishing the Enemy
3.3. The New Chinese Self
3.4. Unity Through Participation
3.5. Conclusion
4. Epilogue