The Resource 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
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
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxvi, 629 p.
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780374277932
- Label
- Tombstone : the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962
- Title
- Tombstone
- Title remainder
- the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962
- Statement of responsibility
- 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
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1940-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yang, Jisheng
- Dewey number
- 363.80951/09046
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC430.F3
- LC item number
- Y36513 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1937-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Friedman, Edward
- Guo, Jian
- Mosher, Stacy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Famines
- Food supply
- China
- China
- China
- China
- Label
- 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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-609) and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 17107824
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxvi, 629 p.
- Isbn
- 9780374277932
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2011052459
- Other physical details
- ill., map
- Label
- 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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-609) and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 17107824
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxvi, 629 p.
- Isbn
- 9780374277932
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2011052459
- Other physical details
- ill., map
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