Mao's great famine : the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-1962 / Frank Dikötter.
| Author/creator | Dikötter, Frank |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Walker & Co., 2010. |
| Description | xxi, 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010013141 |
| ISBN | 9780802777683 |
| ISBN | 0802777686 |