Chris Bramall
The Last of the Romantics? Maoist Economic Development in Retrospect
notion development strategy pursued china 1949 transformed economy peoples republic staple western scholarship close maoist era jack grays work early 1970s stood squarely within tradition maoism superior stalinism transitional path socialism avoided urban bias inherent primitive socialist accumulation suggested preobrazhensky practised stalin advocated china inter alia bo yibo liu shaoqi instead extracting resources rural sector late maoist development strategy revolved around labour accumulation mobilization rural labour carry rural industrialization agricultural mechanization extension irrigation networks