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Mao's Great Famine : The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62

By: Language: English Publication details: Bloomsburry Publishing 2010 New YorkDescription: xxiii, 420pISBN:
  • 9781408886366 (PB)
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Contents:
1. The pursuit of Utopia 2. Through the Valley of Death 3. Destruction 4. Survival 5. The vulnerable 6. Ways of Dying
Summary: Combining newly released documents from Chinese archives with stories from the disenfranchised masses of the time, Dikötter recounts how Mao sought to prove the power of Communism, but instead plunged his country into a hellish existence
Item type: BOOKS List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals (01 August 2024)
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Includes Bibliography (349-361) and Index

1. The pursuit of Utopia
2. Through the Valley of Death
3. Destruction
4. Survival
5. The vulnerable
6. Ways of Dying

Combining newly released documents from Chinese archives with stories from the disenfranchised masses of the time, Dikötter recounts how Mao sought to prove the power of Communism, but instead plunged his country into a hellish existence

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