Title Tombstone : the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962 / Yang Jisheng ; translated from the Chinese by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian ; edited by Edward Friedman, Guo Jian, and Stacy Mosher ; introduction by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar.

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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HC430.F3 Y36513 2012	Available	---

Edition	1st American ed.
Description	xxvi, 629 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-609) and index.
Contents	Introduction / by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar -- Translators' note -- A chronology of the great famine -- An everlasting tombstone -- The epicenter of the disaster -- The three red banners : source of the famine -- Hard times in Gansu -- The people's commune : foundation of the totalitarian system -- The communal kitchens -- Hungry ghosts in heaven's pantry -- The ravages of the five winds -- Anxious in Anhui -- The food crisis -- Turnaround in Lushan -- China's population loss in the great leap forward -- The official response to the crisis -- Social stability during the great famine -- The systemic causes of the great famine -- The great famine's impact on Chinese politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary	An account of the famine that killed roughly thirty-six million Chinese during the Great Leap Forward examines how the communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the country's leaders caused the catastrophe.
Subject	Famines -- China -- History -- 20th century.
	Famines.
	China.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Food supply -- China -- History -- 20th century.
	Food supply.
	China -- Population -- History -- 20th century.
	Population.
	China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
	Economic conditions.
	China -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Social conditions.
	China -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	Politics and government.
Added Author	Friedman, Edward, 1937-
	Guo, Jian, 1953-
	Mosher, Stacy.
Added Title	Mu bei. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012001134
ISBN	0374277931 alkaline paper
	9780374277932 alkaline paper

Title Tombstone : the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962 / Yang Jisheng ; translated from the Chinese by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian ; edited by Edward Friedman, Guo Jian, and Stacy Mosher ; introduction by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar.

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