Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 - Paperback

Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 - Paperback

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Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 - Paperback

Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 - Paperback

$22.40
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by Frank Dikötter (Author)

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 Journal

Between 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.

Author Biography

Frank Dikötter is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is also Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong. His books have changed the way historians view China, from the classic The Discourse of Race in Modern China to his award-winning People's Trilogy documenting the lives of ordinary people under Mao. He lives in Palo Alto, California.

Number of Pages: 448
Dimensions: 1.2 x 7.7 x 5 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: January 09, 2018

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