Mao's great famine : the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-62 /: the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-62. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank Dikötter.
• Other Names: Dikötter, Frank
• Contents: Two rivals -- The bidding starts -- Purging the ranks -- Bugle call -- Launching sputniks -- Let the shelling begin -- The people's communes -- Steel fever -- Warning signs -- Shopping spree -- Dizzy with success -- The end of truth -- Repression -- The Sino-Soviet rift -- Capitalist grain -- Finding a way out -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Trade -- Housing -- Nature -- Feasting through famine -- Wheeling and dealing -- On the sly -- 'Dear Chairman Mao' -- Robbers and rebels -- Exodus -- Children -- Women -- The elderly -- Accidents -- Disease -- The gulag -- Violence -- Sites of horror -- Cannibalism -- The final tally.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, map
• Subjects: 951.056; History -- General; Famines -- China; Food supply -- China; Mass casualties -- Political aspects -- China -- History -- 20th century; History; China -- Economic policy -- 1949-1976; China -- History -- 1949-1976; China -- Social conditions -- 1949-1976; China -- Politics and government -- 1949-1976; China -- Population -- History -- 20th century; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408814444; 1408814447
• Related ISBNs: 9780747595083; 0747595089; 9781408812198; 1408812193
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.