Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Catastrophe and contention in rural China

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

180190763

Responsibility statement

Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr

Sub title

Mao's Great Leap forward famine and the origins of righteous resistance in Da Fo Village

Table Of 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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