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

Name: Mao's Great Famine The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
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ISBN: 9780802777683

ISBN-10: 0802777686

ISBN-13: 9780802777683

Edition: 2010

Authors: Frank Dikï¿½tter

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"Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up to and overtake Britain in less than 15 years The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives." So opens Frank Dikotter's riveting, magnificently detailed chronicle of an era in Chinese history much speculated about but never before fully documented because access to Communist Party archives has long been restricted to all but the most trusted historians. A new archive law has opened up thousands of central and provincial documents that "fundamentally change the way one can study…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 10/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430