This book, first published in 1987, studies the forces promoting underdevelopment in China prior to 1949 and the character of the development that has occurred since then. It presents a unified perspective for grasping the development process as a whole, for relating this to the class structure of China, and for considering development in the context of Chinese efforts to carry out a transition to socialism.
Part 1. The Analytical Framework 1. Class Structure and the Development Process Part 2. The Development of Underdevelopment in China 2. The Historical Setting 3. Theories of Underdevelopment 4. Class Structure and the Development of Underdevelopment Part 3. Economic Development in the Socialist Era 5. An Overview of Chinese Development in the Socialist Era 6. Industrial Development 7. Agricultural Development 8. Economic Reform and Development Strategy 9. The Transition to Socialism
