Forgotten voices of Mao's great famine, 1958-1962 : an oral history
Zhou, Xun, 1968-2014
Books, Manuscripts
In 1958, China's revered leader Mao Zedong instituted a programme designed to transform his giant nation into a Communist utopia. Called the Great Leap Forward, Mao's grand scheme - like so many other utopian dreams of the 20th century - proved a monumental disaster, resulting in the mass destruction of China's agriculture, industry and trade while leaving large portions of the countryside forever scarred by man-made environmental disasters. The resulting three-year famine claimed the lives of more than 45 million people in China. In this history of modern China's greatest tragedy, survivors of the cataclysm share their memories of the devastation and loss.
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Author:
Zhou, Xun, 1968-, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780300184044 (hbk)0300184042
Dewey class:
363.8'0951'09045363.80951
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
895544
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