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Following the recovery of Buck’s original paper spreadsheets containing the data records for Land Utilization in China, there was a tremendous effort by a team of scholars and students from China and Japan to preserve the original records and digitize all data for further analysis. This chapter describes in detail the efforts undertaken in this work. The chapter details the story of the data, how it was discovered, the steps taken in preservation, and the painstaking task of converting paper spreadsheets to digital electronic spreadsheets.
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See Stross (1986) on this point. Stross goes further, suggesting that Buck should have known and observed the geopolitical dynamic of the rise of communism and the significance that his studies on land tenancy would have.
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Yoshiro , Matsuda (2007) “Rural Farm Surveys and Agricultural Census in China; A Review” in Kuribayashi (2007) “Restoration of Farm Survey” op cit. pp. 1–3. See also Zhou, Yingheng and Qun Su (2007) “Nanjing Agricultural University and John Lossing Buck” pp. 4–9.
Kuribayashi , Sumio (2007) “Restoration of Farm Survey of Rural China in 1930s and Comparison with the Present Sampling Survey of Chinese Farms” Final Report, Tokyo International University.
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Guoqiang, D. (2010). The First Uprising of the Cultural Revolution at Nanjing University: Dynamics, Nature, and Interpretation. Journal of Cold War Studies, 12(3), 30–49.
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Kuribayashi , Sumio (2007) Preface to “Restoration of Farm Survey of Rural China in 1930s and Comparison with the Present Sampling Survey of Chinese Farms”. Page viii.
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The JSPS project #15402020 was titled “Restoration of Farm Survey of Rural China in 1930s and comparison with the Present Sampling Survey of Farms”.
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In some counties more than one location were surveyed, they are numbered and expressed as (1), (2), and so on after counties.
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Yoshiro, Matsuda. 2007. Rural Farm Surveys and Agricultural Census in China: A Review. In Sumio Kuribayashi (2007) Restoration of Farm Survey of Rural China in 1930s and Comparison with the Present Sampling Survey of Chinese Farms. Final Report, Tokyo International University.
Zhou, Yingheng, and Qun Su. 2007. Nanjing Agricultural University and John Lossing Buck. In Sumio Kuribayashi (2007) Restoration of Farm Survey of Rural China in 1930s and Comparison with the Present Sampling Survey of Chinese Farms. Final Report, Tokyo International University, pp. 4–9.
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Appendix: Counties and County Codes
Appendix: Counties and County Codes
Province | County | Code | Province | County | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hebei | Changli (1) | 1301 | Jiangsu | Kiangning | 3220 |
Chengli (2) | 1302 | Kwangyun (Kwanyun) | 3221 | ||
Chengting | 1303 | TaiShie | 3222 | ||
Fowping | 1304 | Tungtai | 3223 | ||
Kiaocho | 1306 | Hwaiyin | 3226 | ||
Nankung | 1310 | Zhejiang | Tangki | 3301 | |
Sushui (Hsushui) | 1311 | Tonglu (1) | 3303 | ||
Tsangshien | 1312 | Tonglu (2) | 3304 | ||
Tsing | 1315 | Tungyang | 3305 | ||
Ki | 1316 | Fenghwa | 3306 | ||
Tung (Tong) | 1317 | LingHai (Linhai) | 3307 | ||
Shanxi | Anyi | 1401 | Lishui | 3308 | |
Tsincheng | 1402 | Yuyao | 3309 | ||
Pingting (Pinting) | 1403 | Kahing (Kashing) | 3312 | ||
Showing (Sheoyang) | 1405 | Yungkia (Yungka) | 3313 | ||
Lin | 1407 | Shunan (1) | 3315 | ||
Ningwu | 1409 | Shunan (2) | 3316 | ||
Sin | 1411 | Tehtsing | 3318 | ||
Tatung (Tatong) | 1412 | Anhui | Fengyang | 3401 | |
Tsinglo (Tsingloh) | 1413 | Fowyang | 3402 | ||
Wuxiang (Wusiang) | 1414 | Ho (1) | 3404 | ||
TaiKu | 1415 | Ho (2) | 3405 | ||
Tsingyuan | 1417 | Hefei | 3406 | ||
Liaoning | Liaochung | 2101 | Tungcheng | 3413 | |
Jiangsu | Yenchen (1) | 3201 | Wuhu | 3414 | |
Yenchen (2) | 3202 | Liuan | 3416 | ||
Yenchen (3) | 3203 | Su | 3417 | ||
Yenchen (4) | 3204 | Taihu | 3418 | ||
Kunshan | 3205 | Siuning | 3419 | ||
Wusih (1) | 3206 | Fujian | Putian | 3501 | |
Wusih (2) | 3207 | Nanping | 3502 | ||
Wusih (3) | 3208 | Hweian | 3503 | ||
Wusih (4) | 3209 | Minhou | 3504 | ||
Wuchin (1) | 3210 | Lungki | 3505 | ||
Wuchin (2) | 3211 | Jiangxi | Tuchang | 3601 | |
Wuchin(3) | 3212 | Nanchang | 3602 | ||
Kiangtu (1) | 3214 | Pengtseh | 3603 | ||
Kiangtu (2) | 3215 | Teian | 3604 | ||
Changshu | 3216 | Kaoan | 3605 | ||
Fowning (Funing) | 3217 | Fowliang | 3606 | ||
IShin (Ishing) | 3219 | Shandong | En (1) | 3701 | |
Shandong | En (2) | 3702 | Hunan | Changning | 4316 |
Tangyi | 3703 | Guangdong | Chaoan | 4401 | |
Hweimin (Hweiming) | 3704 | Chungshan | 4402 | ||
Fushan | 3705 | Koyiu | 4406 | ||
Laiyang | 3706 | Kityang | 4407 | ||
Tismo | 3707 | Kukong | 4409 | ||
Ankiu (Anchiu) | 3708 | Moaming | 4411 | ||
Ishui | 3711 | Namyung | 4412 | ||
Ningyang | 3717 | Guangxi | Yungning | 4503 | |
Sheokwang | 3719 | Jung | 4504 | ||
Taian (Tainan) | 3720 | Sichuan | Neikiang | 5101 | |
Tsining | 3722 | Ta | 5102 | ||
Wei | 3723 | Suining | 5106 | ||
Yi | 3727 | Chongqing | 5116 | ||
Henan | Loyang | 4101 | Fowling | 5119 | |
Lingpao (Linpao) | 4102 | Hwayang | 5120 | ||
Nanyang (1) | 4103 | Mienyang | 5122 | ||
Nanyang (2) | 4120 | Kweichou | Anshun | 5201 | |
Lingchang | 4104 | Pan | 5202 | ||
Taingyang | 4105 | Tingfan | 5203 | ||
Shangkiu | 4106 | Tuhshan | 5204 | ||
Kaifeng | 4107 | Tsunyi | 5205 | ||
Hiangcheng | 4108 | Yunnan | Yuki | 5301 | |
Yencheng | 4109 | Yuangkiang | 5302 | ||
Cheng | 4110 | Tsuyung | 5303 | ||
Chi | 4113 | Yungjen (1) | 5304 | ||
Singyang | 4115 | Yungjen (2) | 5308 | ||
Tsiyuan | 4119 | Pinchwan | 5305 | ||
Hubei | Tsaoyang | 4201 | Iliang | 5306 | |
Kishui | 4202 | Mengtsz | 5307 | ||
Yincheng | 4203 | Shaanxi | Chowchih | 6101 | |
Yummeng (Yunmeng) | 4204 | Sunyi | 6102 | ||
Chungtsiang | 4208 | Tingpien | 6103 | ||
Tenmen | 4213 | Weinan | 6104 | ||
Hunan | Chen (1) | 4303 | Shang | 6105 | |
Chen (2) | 4304 | Mien | 6106 | ||
Chengteh | 4305 | Chenan | 6107 | ||
Hengyang | 4306 | Yuling (Yulin) | 6120 | ||
Linsiang | 4310 | Gansu | Kaolan (1) | 6201 | |
Sinhwa | 4313 | Kaolan (2) | 6202 | ||
Yiyang | 4314 | Pinliang | 6203 | ||
WuKang | 4315 | Tienshui | 6204 | ||
Gansu | Wuwei | 6208 | Ninghsia | Ninghsia | 6401 |
Tsinghai | Hwangyuan | 6301 | Suiyuan | Kweishui | 6601 |
Sining | 6302 | Paotow | 6602 |
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Hu, H., Suga, M., Zheng, W., Yu, M., Zhong, F. (2019). The Discovery and Restoration of Buck’s Original Data. In: Hu, H., Zhong, F., Turvey, C. (eds) Chinese Agriculture in the 1930s. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12688-9_4
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