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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Zhou, Xun, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z