守望中国农村现代化的梦想——评杨学新教授著《卜凯与20世纪中国农业变革》

Watching the Dream of Modernization in Rural China: A Comment on Yang Xuexin ′ s book Buck and China′ s Agricultural Reform in the 20th Century

杨学新教授的著作《卜凯与20世纪中国农业变革》新近出版,这是一部研究卜凯中国农业思想的力作,表达了作者对中国农业现代化梦想的守望。本书体现出五个方面的特色:一是关切农民问题的乡土根结;二是聚焦农户发展的微观考察;三是立足中西比较的国际视野;四是守望农村变革的现代梦想;五是保护农业生态的价值诉求。

Yang Xuexin′s book Buck and China′s Agricultural Reform in the 20th Century was recently published.This is a master.piece of Buck′s thought on Chinese agriculture and expresses the author′s watch on China′s agricultural modernization dream.Five characteristics are embodied in the book:first,concern with the local roots of the peasant problem;second,focus on the microexploration of the development of farmers;third,the international perspective based on the comparison between China and the West;fourth,the modern dream of watching rural reform;fifth,the value pursuit of protection of the agriculture ecology.