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Mao's great famine : the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-1962 / Frank Dikötter.
This title provides an unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Leap Forward that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the People's Republic of China.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781408886366
- ISBN: 1408886367
- Physical Description: xxiii, 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
- Edition: Paperback edition.
- Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: 2010. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-404) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Two rivals -- The bidding starts -- Purging the ranks -- Bugle call -- Launching sputniks -- Let the shelling begin -- The people's communes -- Steel fever -- Warning signs -- Shopping spree -- Dizzy with success -- The end of truth -- Repression -- The Sino-Soviet rift -- Capitalist grain -- Finding a way out -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Trade -- Housing -- Nature -- Feasting through famine -- Wheeling and dealing -- On the sly -- 'Dear Chairman Mao' -- Robbers and rebels -- Exodus -- Children -- Women -- The elderly -- Accidents -- Disease -- The gulag -- Violence -- Sites of horror -- Cannibalism -- The final tally. |
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| Genre: | History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 951.055 DIK (Text) | 000132001 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
This title provides an unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Leap Forward that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the People's Republic of China.