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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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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.
Author
Yang, Jisheng, 1940-
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

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  • Friedman, Edward, 1937-
  • Guo, Jian, 1953-
  • Mosher, Stacy
  • Guo, Jian.
Description
xxvi, 629 p. : map; 24 cm.
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.
Uniform Title
Mu bei. English
Alternative Title
Mu bei.
Subject
  • Famines > China > History > 20th century
  • Food supply > China > History > 20th century
  • China > History > 20th century
  • China > Economic conditions > 20th century
  • China > Social conditions > 20th century
  • China > Politics and government > 20th century
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Edited and condensed at time of translation. Original Chinese version published as Mu bei in 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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 (hbk.)
  • 0374277931 (hbk.)
LCCN
^^2011052459
OCLC
  • 772608480
  • SCSB-12864941
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library