Catastrophe and contention in rural China Mao's Great Leap forward famine and the origins of righteous resistance in Da Fo Village
Thaxton, Ralph
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. - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2008 - xxii, 383 p.
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.
9780521897495 (hardback) 9780521722308 (pbk.)
Famines
Government, Resistance to
Peasant uprisings
Communism
History -- Communist Era -- Famines --Peasant Uprising
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. - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2008 - xxii, 383 p.
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.
9780521897495 (hardback) 9780521722308 (pbk.)
Famines
Government, Resistance to
Peasant uprisings
Communism
History -- Communist Era -- Famines --Peasant Uprising