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Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958 – 1962

byFrank Dikötter

In Mao’s Great Famine, Frank Dikötter presents a historical account centered on the History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958: 1962. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. It is written for readers seeking substance as well as a clear path through the material.

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9781408886366