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...
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Author: Xun Zhou
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Great Famine in China, 1958-1962: A Documentary History by Zhou, Xun

Great Famine in China, 1958-1962: A Documentary History

CHF 144.16

Great Famine in China, 1958-1962: A Documentary History

CHF 144.16
Author: Xun Zhou
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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 claiming more than 45 million lives, it also led to the destruction of agriculture, industry, trade, and every aspect of human life, leaving large parts of the Chinese countryside scarred forever by human-created environmental disasters.

Drawing on previously closed archives that have since been made inaccessible again, Zhou Xun offers readers, for the first time in English, access to the most vital archival documentation of the famine. For some time to come this documentary history may be the only publication available that contains the most crucial primary documents concerning the fate of the Chinese peasantry between 1957 and 1962. It covers everything from collectivization and survival strategies, including cannibalism, to selective killing and mass murder.

Author: Xun Zhou
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 07/10/2012
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.43h x 6.43w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780300175189


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 106
New York Review of Books 11/22/2012 pg. 30
Choice 12/01/2012

About the Author

Zhou Xun is research assistant professor of history at the University of Hong Kong. She lives in Hong Kong and in the United Kingdom.


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