Catastrophe and contention in rural China :: Mao's Great Leap famine and the origins of righteous resistance in Da Fo Village /

This book documents how China's rural people remember the great famine of Maoist rule, which proved to be the worst famine in modern world history. Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr., sheds new light on how China's socialist rulers drove rural dwellers to hunger and starvation, on how powerless village...

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1. Verfasser: Thaxton, Ralph, 1944-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
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Zusammenfassung:This book documents how China's rural people remember the great famine of Maoist rule, which proved to be the worst famine in modern world history. Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr., sheds new light on how China's socialist rulers drove rural dwellers to hunger and starvation, on how powerless villagers formed resistance to the corruption and coercion of collectivization, and on how their hidden and contentious acts, both individual and concerted, allowed them to survive and escape the predatory grip of leaders and networks in the thrall of Mao's authoritarian plan for a full-throttle realization of communism - a plan that engendered an unprecedented disaster for rural families. Based on his study of a rural village's memories of the famine, Thaxton argues that these memories persisted long after the events of the famine and shaped rural resistance to the socialist state, both before and after the post-Mao era of reform.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxii, 383 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index.
ISBN:9780511396915
0511396910
0511399278
9780511399275
9780511398438
0511398433

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