1. I. Joseph Needham, ‘The Past in China’s Present’, Pacific Viewpoint, 4, 2 (September 1963).
2. These and subsequent figures in this chapter are based on Dwight H. Perkin’s work, Agricultural Development in China (Edinburgh University Press, 1969 ).
3. Jan Myrdal, Report from a Chinese Village (Pelican Books, 1967) P. 184.
4. William Hinton, Fanshen, A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village (Vintage Books, 1966).