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001 2011052459
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008 120106s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780374277932 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHC430.F3$bY36513 2012
082 00 $a363.80951/09046$223
100 1 $aYang, Jisheng,$d1940-
240 10 $aMu bei.$lEnglish
245 10 $aTombstone :$bthe great Chinese famine, 1958-1962 /$cJisheng Yang ; translated from the Chinese by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian ; introduction by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2012.
263 $a1211
300 $ap. cm.
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.
650 0 $aFamines$zChina$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aFood supply$zChina$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aChina$xPopulation$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aChina$xEconomic conditions$y20th century.
651 0 $aChina$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
651 0 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
700 1 $aMosher, Stacy.