Tombstone : the untold story of Mao's great famine
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Tombstone : the untold story of Mao's great famine
AUTHOR:
Yang, Jisheng, 1940-
Mosher, Stacy
Guo, Jian, 1953-
Friedman, Edward, 1937-
MacFarquhar, Roderick
ISBN:
9780241956984
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Penguin Books, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxvi, 629 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-609) and index.
Translated from the Chinese.
ABSTRACT:
More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning.
SUBJECT:
| Famines -- China -- History -- 20th century |
| Food supply -- China -- History -- 20th century |
| China -- Population -- History -- 20th century |
| China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century |
| China -- Social conditions -- 20th century |
| China -- Politics and government -- 20th century |
BIBSUMMARY:
More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning.