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

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Zhou, Xun, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Famines > China > History > 20th century > Sources.
China > Population > History > 20th century > Sources.
Food supply > China > History > Sources.
China > History > 1949-1976 > Sources.
Society.
Famines.
Food supply.
Population.
China.
Hungersnot
China
Svält > historia > Kina.
Starvation > history
History, 20th Century
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Map of China in 1959
  • Famine in the communes (March-September 1958)
  • Terror, repression, and violence (1958-1961)
  • Seasons of death (1959-1962)
  • Cannibalism (Late 1959-early 1961)
  • Devastation in the countryside (1958-1961)
  • The turn to religion (1957-1962)
  • Strategies for survival (1959-1962)
  • Letters of complaint (1957-1962)
  • Epilogue (1961-1962)
  • Organizational structure of the government of the People's Republic of China.