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Great famine in China, 1958-1962 : a documentary history /

Beginning soon after the implementation of the policies of the Great Leap Forward of 1958-1961, when the drive to collectivize and industrialize undermined the livelihoods of the vast majority of peasant workers, China's Great Famine was the worst famine in human history. In addition to claimin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zhou, Xun, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • A Note on the Documents
  • Map of China in 1959
  • CHAPTER 1. Famine in the Communes (Marchâ€?September 1958)
  • CHAPTER 2. Terror, Repression, and Violence (1958â€?1961)
  • CHAPTER 3. Seasons of Death (1959â€?1962)
  • CHAPTER 4. Cannibalism (Late 1959â€?Early 1961)
  • CHAPTER 5. Devastation in the Countryside (1958â€?1961)
  • CHAPTER 6. The Turn to Religion (1957â€?1962)
  • CHAPTER 7. Strategies for Survival (1959â€?1962)
  • CHAPTER 8. Letters of Complaint (1957â€?1962)
  • Epilogue (1961â€?1962)
  • Organizational Structure of the Government of the Peopleâ€?s Republic of ChinaChronology
  • Notes
  • Index of Documents
  • Index
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