Hungry ghosts : China's secret famine

Author(s)

• Becker, Jasper

Bibliographic Information

Hungry ghosts : China's secret famine

Jasper Becker

John Murray, 1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-338) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This story aims to unravel the story behind the ten-year-old estimate that at least 30 million people had starved to death in China between 1958 and 1962. It is based on many interviews and unpublished documents, showing how Mao Zedong created a man-made famine throughout China.

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Details

• NCID: BA28345443
• ISBN:
  • 0719554330
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 352 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 363.80951
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Famines -- China
  • LCSH : China -- Economic policy -- 1949-1976
  • LCSH : China -- Politics and government -- 1949-1976