Fw: H-ASIA: Chinese Landlords: How Do We Know One When We See One?

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Subject: H-ASIA: Chinese Landlords: How Do We Know One When We See One?

> H-ASIA
> February 2, 2011
>
> Chinese Landlords: How Do We Know One When We See One?
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> From: Charles Hayford <Chayford@aol.com>
>
> A friend who is not an H-Asia member asked : "I have a vague but distinct
> (is that possible?) recollection of reading about land reform teams in
> North China entering villages and having difficulty determining whom to
> prosecute as 'landlords.' I thought this was from Hinton's "Fanshen," but
> a quick romp through the first 300 pages produces no treasures (I'm
> looking for an exact reference to use in a footnote)."
>
> Can anybody supply a specific reference to these difficulties experienced
> by the land reform teams?
>
> Chuck Hayford
> --
> Charles W. Hayford
> Editor, Journal of American-East Asian Relations
> <http://interworld-pacific.com/home.html>
> Visiting Scholar, Department of History
> Northwestern University
> Evanston, IL 60208-2220
>
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