Famine relief in warlord China / Pierre Fuller.

Author/creator Fuller, Pierre
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2019.
Descriptionxiv, 348 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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SeriesHarvard East Asian monographs ; 423
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 423. ^A21267
Contents I. Relieving Beijing: War in July -- Municipal relief -- Military men -- Cigarettes, opera and religious sects -- City charities and the countryside -- II. The famine field: Village mutual aid -- Bureaucratic relief -- Migrant routes -- Manchurian relief -- International relief.
Abstract "Details how drought famine of 1920-1921, indigenous action from the household to the national levels, pulling from relief repertoires inherited from the Qing era, sustained the lives of millions of the destitute before joint foreign-Chinese international relief groups became a significant force"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2018057670
ISBN9780674241138 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780674241145 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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