Yang, Jisheng,  1940-- <br/><br/>
Tombstone :  the great Chinese famine, 1958-1965 / 
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 
 - 1st American ed. 
 - New York  Farrar, Straus and Giroux 
 - xxvi, 629 p.:  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [577] -609) and index 
<br/><br/>Contents: An everlasting tombstone The epicenter of the disaster The three red banners: source of famine Hard times in Gansu The people's commune: foundation of the totalitarian system The communal kitchens Hungry ghosts in heaven's party 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 systematic causes of the great famine The great famine's impact on Chinese politics 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374277932 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Famines--History--China--20th century<br/>Food supply--History--China--20th century
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Population--History--20th century<br/>China--Economic conditions--20th century<br/>China--Social conditions--20th century<br/>China--Politics and government--20th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC430.F3 .Y36 2008 430 .F3  / Y36 2008 HC