Catastrophe and contention in rural China Mao's Great Leap forward famine and the origins of righteous resistance in Da Fo Village Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextSpoken language: English Publication details: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2008Description: xxii, 383 pISBN:
  • 9780521897495 (hardback)
  • 9780521722308 (pbk.)
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Contents:
The Republican Era and the emergence of communist leadership during the anti-Japanese war of resistance -- The ascent of the vigilante militia : the violent antecedents of Mao's war communism -- The onset of collectivization and popular dissatisfaction with Mao's "yellow bomb" road -- The mandate abandoned : the disaster of the Great Leap Forward -- Strategies of survival and their elimination in the Great Leap Forward -- The escape from famine and death -- Indignation and frustrated retaliation : the politics of disengagement -- The market comes first : the economics of disengagement and the origins of reform -- Persistent memories and long-delayed retaliation in the reform era.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-364) and index.

The Republican Era and the emergence of communist leadership during the anti-Japanese war of resistance -- The ascent of the vigilante militia : the violent antecedents of Mao's war communism -- The onset of collectivization and popular dissatisfaction with Mao's "yellow bomb" road -- The mandate abandoned : the disaster of the Great Leap Forward -- Strategies of survival and their elimination in the Great Leap Forward -- The escape from famine and death -- Indignation and frustrated retaliation : the politics of disengagement -- The market comes first : the economics of disengagement and the origins of reform -- Persistent memories and long-delayed retaliation in the reform era.

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