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Tombstone

by Yang, Jisheng
, Mu bei.
Additional authors: Friedman, Edward -- 1937- | Guo, Jian | Mosher, Stacy
Edition statement:1st American ed. Published by : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York :) Physical details: xxvi, 629 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm ISBN:9780374277932; 0374277931; 9780374533991; 0374533997.
Subject(s): 1900-1999 -- People's Republic of China | Famines -- China -- History -- 20th century. | Food supply -- Communist China -- History -- 20th century. | Great Leap Forward -- Famine - Cause of. -- China. | Social conditions. -- Communism. -- China. | Population. -- China. | Politics and government. -- Communism. -- China | China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. | China -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | History.
Year: 2012
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300 - 399 363.8095109046 Yan (Browse shelf) Available 108985

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.

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