TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yang,Jisheng
AU  - Friedman,Edward,1937-
AU  - Guo,Jian
AU  - Mosher,Stacy
TI  - Tombstone: the great Chinese famine, 1958-1965 
SN  - 9780374277932
AV  - HC430.F3 .Y36 2008 430 .F3 Y36 2008
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Famines
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Food supply
KW  - Population
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [577] -609) and index; 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
ER  -