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Jacob Eyferth

Faculty Member Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History

University of Chicago

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Jacob Eyferth is currently serving as a History, Department Of Faculty Member Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History at University of Chicago.

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east asian studies contemporary china economy of china chinese politics chinese culture economic development east asian languages asian economics social history peasant studies asian study chinese political science rural development industrialisation land use agrarian change rural economies rural culture industrial development sociology public policy cultural history political sociology political history women's studies international history agrarian political economy rural sociology societal influence rural policy chinese law ink wash painting socialist china chinese countryside book reviews democratization science and technology studies democracy agricultural history contemporary asia interdisciplinary history global history international management cultural economy asian studies socialism household labor historical sociology regional development land development chinese foreign policy rural management labour studies textile management arid environments knowledge production feminist perspectives transitional china craft knowledge oral cultures rural household state socialism subsidized chinese accumulation book review calvin chen rural enterprises state capacity flexible production yinhuo jiang

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INTRODUCTION: Socialist Industrialization, Deskilling, and Reducing the Gap Between Mental and Manual Labor in China. World Development (2026)

east asian studiesmanual laborchinese politicssocialist industrializationchinese culturelabour studieslabour economicscontemporary chinaindustrial developmenteconomy of chinaeast asian languagesworkforce development

State Socialism and the Rural Household: How Women's Handloom Weaving (and Pig-Raising, Firewood-Gathering, Food-Scavenging) Subsidized Chinese Accumulation. International Review of Social History (2022)

subsidized chinese accumulationsociologyeconomic developmentasian economicscontemporary chinarural sociologycapitalismeast asian studiespeasant studiesdevelopment economicseconomy of chinaagrarian political economychinese politicslivelihoodsrural economiesagrarian changerural householdeconomic sociologystate socialism

Robert Cliver. Red Silk. Class, Gender, and Revolution in China's Yangzi Delta Silk Industry. Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge (Ma) 2020. XV, 436 Pp. $75.00; £60.95.. International Review of Social History (2021)

civilizationsred silkeast asian studieschinese culturematerialitymaterial cultureasian economicseconomy of chinaeconomic historyasian studyrobert clivertextile managementglobalizationcultural studies

Felix Wemheuer. a Social History of Maoist China: Conflict and Change, 1949–1976. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge2019. XV, 331 Pp. £59.99. (Paper: £22.99; E-Book £24.00).. International Review of Social History (2020)

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The Peasant in Postsocialist China: History, Politics, and Capitalism. by Alexander F. Day. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. VII, 233 Pp. Isbn 9781107544987 (Paper; Also Available in Cloth and as E-Book).. The Journal of Asian Studies (2016)

capitalismeast asian studiessocial historychinese politicspeasant studieschinese cultureasian studiesasian economicseconomy of chinaeconomic history

Less for More: Rural Women’s Overwork and Underconsumption in Mao’s China. Clio (2015)

chinese political scienceeast asian studiesfeminist philosophyrural womenchinese politicssocial changegender studiessocial inequalitypolitical sociologychinese cultures overworkcontemporary chinagender inequalityasian studymao ’feminist theory

Women's Work and the Politics of Homespun in Socialist China, 1949–1980. International Review of Social History (2012)

Jacob Eyferth

socialismpolitical sciencesocialist chinasociologysocial historypolitical historyinternational historypublic policychinese politicspolitical sociologydemocratizationhistorical sociologyhousehold laborsocietal influencewomen's studiesdemocracycultural history

Book Review: China’s Cotton Industry: Economic Transformation and State Capacity. China Information (2011)

chinese lawindustrialisationstate capacityeconomicseconomic developmentasian economicsindustrial developmenteconomy of chinaeconomic growthagricultural economics

Craft Knowledge at the Interface of Written and Oral Cultures. East Asian Science Technology and Society An International Journal (2010)

Jacob Eyferth

technologyoral cultureseast asian studiesscience and technology studiescraft knowledgeeast asian languages

Book Review: Calvin Chen, Some Assembly Required: Work, Community, and Politics in China's Rural Enterprises. Cambridge, Ma: Har Vard University Asia Center, 2008. XII+224 Pp., With Tables. Isbn: 0-674-02783-1. Price: Us$39.95. China Information (2009)

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Jacob Eyferth

Faculty Member Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History

University of Chicago

Affiliations

History, Department of

Jacob Eyferth is currently serving as a History, Department Of Faculty Member Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History at University of Chicago.

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Jacob Eyferth

University of Chicago

Faculty Member Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History

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Notable Scholarly Works

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INTRODUCTION: Socialist Industrialization, Deskilling, and Reducing the Gap Between Mental and Manual Labor in China. World Development (2026)

civilizationsred silkeast asian studieschinese culturematerialitymaterial cultureasian economicseconomy of chinaeconomic historyasian studyrobert clivertextile managementglobalizationcultural studies

capitalismeast asian studiessocial historychinese politicspeasant studieschinese cultureasian studiesasian economicseconomy of chinaeconomic history

Less for More: Rural Women’s Overwork and Underconsumption in Mao’s China. Clio (2015)

Women's Work and the Politics of Homespun in Socialist China, 1949–1980. International Review of Social History (2012)

Jacob Eyferth

Book Review: China’s Cotton Industry: Economic Transformation and State Capacity. China Information (2011)

chinese lawindustrialisationstate capacityeconomicseconomic developmentasian economicsindustrial developmenteconomy of chinaeconomic growthagricultural economics

Craft Knowledge at the Interface of Written and Oral Cultures. East Asian Science Technology and Society An International Journal (2010)

Jacob Eyferth

technologyoral cultureseast asian studiesscience and technology studiescraft knowledgeeast asian languages

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