Yang, Jisheng
Tombstone the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962 Yang Jisheng ; translated from the Chinese by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian ; edited by Edward Friedman, Guo Jian, and Stacy Mosher ; introduction by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012. - xxvi, 629 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Paperbound book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-609) and index.
Introduction / by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar -- Translators' note -- A chronology of the great famine -- An everlasting tombstone -- The epicenter of the disaster -- The three red banners : source of the famine -- Hard times in Gansu -- The people's commune : foundation of the totalitarian system -- The communal kitchens -- Hungry ghosts in heaven's pantry -- The ravages of the five winds -- Anxious in Anhui -- The food crisis -- Turnaround in Lushan -- China's population loss in the great leap forward -- The official response to the crisis -- Social stability during the great famine -- The systemic causes of the great famine -- The great famine's impact on Chinese politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
An account of the famine that killed roughly thirty-six million Chinese during the Great Leap Forward examines how the communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the country's leaders caused the catastrophe.
9780374277932 0374277931 9780374533991 0374533997
2011052459
1900-1999 --People's Republic of China
Famines--History--China--20th century.
Food supply--History--Communist China--20th century.
Great Leap Forward--China.--Famine - Cause of.
Social conditions.--China.--Communism.
Population.--China.
Politics and government.--China--Communism.
China--Economic conditions--20th century.
China--Social conditions--20th century.
HC430.F3 / Y36513 2012
363.8095109046 Yan 9
Tombstone the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962 Yang Jisheng ; translated from the Chinese by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian ; edited by Edward Friedman, Guo Jian, and Stacy Mosher ; introduction by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012. - xxvi, 629 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Paperbound book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-609) and index.
Introduction / by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar -- Translators' note -- A chronology of the great famine -- An everlasting tombstone -- The epicenter of the disaster -- The three red banners : source of the famine -- Hard times in Gansu -- The people's commune : foundation of the totalitarian system -- The communal kitchens -- Hungry ghosts in heaven's pantry -- The ravages of the five winds -- Anxious in Anhui -- The food crisis -- Turnaround in Lushan -- China's population loss in the great leap forward -- The official response to the crisis -- Social stability during the great famine -- The systemic causes of the great famine -- The great famine's impact on Chinese politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
An account of the famine that killed roughly thirty-six million Chinese during the Great Leap Forward examines how the communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the country's leaders caused the catastrophe.
9780374277932 0374277931 9780374533991 0374533997
2011052459
1900-1999 --People's Republic of China
Famines--History--China--20th century.
Food supply--History--Communist China--20th century.
Great Leap Forward--China.--Famine - Cause of.
Social conditions.--China.--Communism.
Population.--China.
Politics and government.--China--Communism.
China--Economic conditions--20th century.
China--Social conditions--20th century.
HC430.F3 / Y36513 2012
363.8095109046 Yan 9