Forgotten Voices of Mao's Great Famine, 1958-1962: An Oral History
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Forgotten Voices of Mao's Great Famine, 1958-1962: An Oral History

Forgotten Voices of Mao's Great Famine, 1958-1962: An Oral History

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Xun Zhou (Author)  

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A powerful account of China's Great Famine as told through the voices of those who survived it In 1958, China's revered leader Mao Zedong instituted a program designed to transform his giant nation into a Communist utopia. Called the Great Leap Forward, Mao's grand scheme-like so many other utopian dreams of the 20th century-proved a monumental disaster, resulting in the mass destruction of China's agriculture, industry, and trade while leaving large portions of the countryside forever scarred by man-made environmental disasters. The resulting three-year famine claimed the lives of more than 45 million people in China. In this remarkable oral history of modern China's greatest tragedy, survivors of the cataclysm share their memories of the devastation and loss. The range of voices is wide: city dwellers and peasants, scholars and factory workers, parents who lost children and children who were orphaned in the catastrophe all speak out. Powerful and deeply moving, this unique remembrance of an unnecessary and unhindered catastrophe illuminates a dark recent history that remains officially unacknowledged to this day by the Chinese government and opens a window on a society still feeling the impact of the terrible Great Famine. 1 b-w illus.
Zhou Xun is a lecturer in modern history at the University of Essex. She is the author of The Great Famine in China, 1958-1962: A Documentary History.
  • Contributor: Xun Zhou
  • Imprint: Yale University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780300184044
  • Number of Pages: 336
  • Packaged Dimensions: 140x210x24mm
  • Packaged Weight: 490
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Release Date: 2013-11-26
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Zhou Xun is a lecturer in modern history at the University of Essex. She is the author of The Great Famine in China, 1958-1962: A Documentary History.

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