Soybeans and socialism: agrarian transformation in Manchuria, 1935-1965

在整个二十世纪初，满洲因两件事而闻名：它的战略重要性和大豆。在该地区政治和军事竞争激烈的同时，满洲也经历了惊人的经济增长，这在很大程度上是由大豆经济推动的。这个项目旨在分析随着满洲从日本统治过渡到中国统治，大豆的重要性发生了变化。每个国家都建立了控制大豆经济的机制，将其收益用于私人财富和区域发展，并通过发展、重组或胁迫增加产量。满洲的大豆经济是其他地方农村政策的试验田，展示了它的潜力和局限性。

Throughout the early twentieth century, Manchuria was known for two things: its strategic importance and its soybeans. At the same time that the region was politically and militarily contested, Manchuria also experienced stellar economic growth, propelled in large part by the soy economy. This project aims to analyse the changing importance of soy as Manchuria transitioned from Japanese to Chinese rule. Each established mechanisms to control the soy economy, direct its proceeds to private wealth and regional development and increase production through development, reorganization or coercion. The Manchurian soy economy was a proving ground for rural policy elsewhere, and demonstrates both its potential and its limitations.