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Mao's great famine : the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-62

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  • Contributor: Recorded Books, LLC.; W.F. Howes, Ltd.; Bauckham, David
    Edition: Unabridged
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    Created
    2012
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    Copyrighted
    2011
    Summary:

    Combining newly released documents from Chinese archives with stories from the disenfranchised masses of the time, Dikötter recounts how Mao sought to prove the power of Communism, but instead plunged his country into a hellish existence.

    Subject(s): China | Famines | Food supply
    Original Publisher: [Rothley, Leicestershire, England], Prince Frederick, MD, [Prince Frederick, Md.], W.F. Howes, Ltd., Distributed by Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781470319007