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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.

Yang, Jisheng, 1940- (Author). Friedman, Edward, 1937- (Added Author). Guo, Jian, 1953- (Added Author). Mosher, Stacy. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780374277932
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 629 pages : maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
Famines > China > History > 20th century.
Food supply > China > History > 20th century.
China > Economic conditions > 20th century.
China > Politics and government > 20th century.
China > Population > History > 20th century.
China > Social conditions > 20th century.

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