Volin M., Yolk E. The Peasant Movement in Kwangtung (Materials on the Agrarian problem in China). In Two Parts. Part 2. Collection of materials

Canton: The Canton Gazette Publishing Co, 1927. — 618 p.As it has already been stated in the general introduction to our book, Part Two represents a collection of special materials, translated from the Chinese, referring to the peasant movement and covering the past several years (chiefly 1925 and 1926). The main source of those materials was the archives of the Kwangtung Provincial Peasant Union as well as the current periodicals of Canton (Chinese dailies, viz: the “ Kuo Min Hsin Wen,” “Min Kuo Jih Pao,” and others).
All the materials selected are systemised and classified by the compilers according to ten respective chapters. The first six chapters (I to VI) deal with the problem of the Peasant Movement and National Revolution. The remaining four chapters (VII to X) are devoted to the issue of the social struggle within the village.
Each piece of the said materials ends with a reference as to its source and date. In most cases the materials of the present collection constitute the finished translations of the respective Chinese materials. In some cases, according to the character of some or other chapter, it was necessary to put in only the corresponding extracts from same.
The main task of the compilers of the present “Collection of Materials” was to give as much as possible a detailed and finished illumination of the principal features of the Peasant Movement in Kwangtung exclusively by documents and official materials.
Bearing the character of an independent work, the present “Collection of Materials” acquires especial interest and significance as an addition to Part One of the Peasant Movement in Kwangtung.Imperialism and the Kwangtung Peasantry.
The Civil War in Kwangtung and the Peasantry.
The Kuomintang and the Peasantry.
Nationalist Government and the Peasantry.
The Army and the Peasantry in Kwanytung.
The Working Class and Peasants.
The Peasants and the Controlling Classes.
Peasant Unions and Glass Struggle in Villages.
The Militia and the Peasantry.
Banditry and the Peasants.
Appendix:
Notes.
Chronological Table.
Index.