History glossary
land redistribution
The transfer of land from existing owners to other cultivators; Communist campaigns combined social change and mobilisation with coercion and violence..
- Category
- Social policy
- Region
- China
- Date range
- 1920s–1950s
What it means
The transfer of land from existing owners to other cultivators; Communist campaigns combined social change and mobilisation with coercion and violence.
Stories using this term
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