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John Lossing Buck (27 November 1890 – 27 September 1975, adopted the Chinese name 卜凱) was an American agricultural economist specializing in the rural economy of China. He first went to China in 1915 as an agricultural missionary for the American Presbyterian Mission and was based in China until 1944.
May 22, 2019 · The chapters in this book are based on John Lossing Buck’s household data, as reported in Land Utilization in China (1937), and the rediscovered household spreadsheet data that has now been digitized.
- Calum G. Turvey
- cgt6@cornell.edu
- 2019
This book is the first modern analyses of agricultural economics in 1930s Republican China using John Lossing Buck’s micro-data, thought lost to history until 2000. This edited volume presents a more accurate picture of the agricultural economy in the Republican Era.
contained in Professor Buck's monumental work, the following critique is offered of 1 John Lossing Buck, Land Utilization in China: Vol. I. General Interpretation; Vol. II. Atlas; Vol. III. Statistics (Nanking: University of Nanking, I937). (University of Chicago Press, U. S. Agent.) methods of approach in land economics in
John Lossing Buck was born on November 27, 1890, and grew up on a farm on Freedom Plains Road, outside of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, New York. His grandfather and namesake, John Lossing Buck, was one of the first settlers in the town of LaGrange, where he farmed until his death on January 2, 1918.
- Calum G. Turvey
- 2019
May 22, 2019 · Request PDF | John Lossing Buck and Land Utilization in China | This chapter provides a biographical sketch of John Lossing Buck. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
Chinese Agriculture in the 1930s: Investigations into John Lossing Buck’s Rediscovered “Land Utilization in China” Microdata, edited by Hao Hu, Funing Zhong, and Calum G. Turvey. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. xxii+311 pp. €109.99 (cloth), €93.08 (e-book).
