Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China Mao's Great Leap Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village |
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| Author:
| Thaxton, Ralph A. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-89749-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $112.95 |
Book Description:
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Thaxton analyzes how the local Communist Party agents of the Mao-led central government imposed the famine of the Great Leap Forward on one rural village, how villagers remember this traumatic experience, and how they engaged in resistance to both survive and escape the famine and the predatory rule it reflected.
Thaxton analyzes how the local Communist Party agents of the Mao-led central government imposed the famine of the Great Leap Forward on one rural village, how villagers remember this traumatic experience, and how they engaged in resistance to both survive and escape the famine and the predatory rule it reflected.