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Mao's great famine : the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-1962

text Mao's great famine : the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-1962

Dikotter, Frank.

Summary
""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 with and overtake Britain in less than fifteen years. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrop... Read more
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 ... Read more
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Description
xxi, 420 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Walker & Co. 2010
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 951.05 DIK in Adult Non-fiction Available

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