Description: Further DetailsTitle: Mao's Great FamineCondition: NewEAN: 9781408886366ISBN: 9781408886366Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/09/2017Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Weight: 330gLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62ISBN-10: 1408886367Description: WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE ‘A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Harrowing and brilliant' Ben Macintyre‘A critical contribution to Chinese history' Wall Street JournalBetween 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up with and overtake the West in less than fifteen years. It led to one of the greatest catastrophes the world has ever known. Dikotter's extraordinary research within Chinese archives brings together for the first time what happened in the corridors of power with the everyday experiences of ordinary people, giving voice to the dead and disenfranchised. This groundbreaking account definitively recasts the history of the People's Republic of China.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBAuthor: Frank DikötterGenre: HistoryTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Mao's Great Famine
Title: Mao's Great Famine
EAN: 9781408886366
ISBN: 9781408886366
Release Date: 02/09/2017
Release Year: 2017
Subtitle: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
ISBN-10: 1408886367
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Mao's Great Famine : the History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Asia / China, Political
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Author: Frank Dikötter
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
