Author: Stross, Randall E.
Title: The Stubborn Earth: American Agriculturalists on Chinese Soil, 1898-1937
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1986). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xii,272 pp. 8pp photoplates; textual map. Minor rubbing. Slight page-edge soil. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Curiosity: The U.S. Department of Agriculture Looks Abroad, 1890-1910s; Instruction: Early Advisers and Grand Visions, 1890-1910s; Zeal: Joseph Bailie's Secular Crusades, 1910s; Mission: Christianity and Agricultural Improvement, 1910s-1920s; Competition: King Cotton and Collegiate Rivalry, 1920s; Timidity: The International Education Board and Cornell, 1920s; Myopia: Lossing Buck and Agricultural Economics, 1920s-1930s; Defeat: The Failure of the Star Pupil, 1930s.

Keywords: Chinese Agriculture, China, Agricultural, Economics Economy, History, United States, Agriculturalists, Technology Transfer, East Asia