Land and Labour in China
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Land and Labour in China is a seminal socio-economic study by R. H. Tawney examining agrarian conditions, rural society, and land tenure in early 20th-century China.
All labels observed (1)
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| Land and Labour in China canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1949692 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Land and Labour in China Context triple: [R. H. Tawney, notableWork, Land and Labour in China]
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Chinese peasantry
The Chinese peasantry were the vast rural farming population whose mobilization and support were crucial to the success and social character of the Chinese Revolution.
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The Theory of Economic Development
The Theory of Economic Development is a foundational economic work by Joseph Schumpeter that explains how innovation and entrepreneurial activity drive long-term economic growth and structural change.
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C.
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses is an influential 18th-century economic treatise by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot that anticipates key ideas of classical political economy, including capital accumulation, interest, and the role of agriculture in wealth creation.
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D.
The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty
The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty is an 1846 work by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that offers a critical, dialectical analysis of capitalism and political economy from a socialist and anarchist perspective.
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E.
Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power
Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power is a seminal political science study by Chalmers Johnson analyzing how Chinese Communist revolutionaries mobilized rural nationalism to achieve and consolidate power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Land and Labour in China Target entity description: Land and Labour in China is a seminal socio-economic study by R. H. Tawney examining agrarian conditions, rural society, and land tenure in early 20th-century China.
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A.
Chinese peasantry
The Chinese peasantry were the vast rural farming population whose mobilization and support were crucial to the success and social character of the Chinese Revolution.
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B.
The Theory of Economic Development
The Theory of Economic Development is a foundational economic work by Joseph Schumpeter that explains how innovation and entrepreneurial activity drive long-term economic growth and structural change.
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C.
On the Substitution of a Tax in Kind for the Surplus-Grain Appropriation System
"On the Substitution of a Tax in Kind for the Surplus-Grain Appropriation System" was a key 1921 Bolshevik policy document that introduced the New Economic Policy by replacing War Communism’s grain requisitioning with a tax in kind on peasants.
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On the Tax in Kind
"On the Tax in Kind" was a key 1921 Bolshevik policy document that replaced grain requisitioning with a tax in kind, marking the start of the New Economic Policy in Soviet Russia.
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E.
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses is an influential 18th-century economic treatise by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot that anticipates key ideas of classical political economy, including capital accumulation, interest, and the role of agriculture in wealth creation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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person ⓘ socio-economic study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
agrarian studies
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development studies ⓘ |
| analyzes |
impact of land tenure on Chinese rural society
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relationship between land ownership and rural poverty in China ⓘ |
| author | R. H. Tawney ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | China ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal socio-economic study of rural China ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Chinese studies
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economics ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
agrarian structure in China
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agricultural productivity in China ⓘ land distribution in China ⓘ landlord-tenant relations in China ⓘ peasant conditions in China ⓘ rural social stratification in China ⓘ rural taxation in China ⓘ village institutions in China ⓘ |
| genre |
economic history
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non-fiction ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Republican China
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linked to:
Republic of China
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| influenced |
later studies of Chinese land reform
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scholarship on peasant economies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agrarian conditions in China
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land tenure in China ⓘ rural society in China ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of Chinese rural economy
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study of land tenure in Republican-era China ⓘ |
| notableWork | Land and Labour in China ⓘ |
| occupation |
economic historian
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social critic ⓘ |
| perspective | socio-economic analysis ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
economists
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scholars of Chinese history ⓘ sociologists ⓘ students of agrarian studies ⓘ |
| temporalFocus | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference work on Chinese rural economy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Land and Labour in China Description of subject: Land and Labour in China is a seminal socio-economic study by R. H. Tawney examining agrarian conditions, rural society, and land tenure in early 20th-century China.
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