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100 1 $aYang, Jisheng,$d1940-
240 10 $aMu bei.$lEnglish
245 10 $aTombstone :$bthe great Chinese famine, 1958-1962 /$cYang 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.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2012.
300 $axxvi, 629 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
500 $aEdited and condensed at time of translation. Original Chinese version published as Mu bei in 2008.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / 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.
520 $aAn 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.
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