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. ill. 24 cm
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--History--China--Dafo Cun (Henan Sheng)--20th century. Government, Resistance to--History--China--Dafo Cun (Henan Sheng)--20th century. Peasant uprisings--History--China--Dafo Cun (Henan Sheng)--20th century. Communism--History--China--Dafo Cun (Henan Sheng)--20th century. History -- Communist Era -- Famines --Peasant Uprising
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