Yixin Chen

When Food Became Scarce

How Chinese Peasants Survived the Great Leap Forward Famine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book explains how lineage, a microlevel social mechanism that obliged villagers to support each other through consanguineous ties, emerged as a pivotal force in activating diverse forms of collective self-protection and resistance, enabling most Chinese peasants to survive the devastating Great Leap Forward famine"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9781501776380
• ISBN-10: 150177638X
• Artikelnr.: 70289120

Autorenporträt

Yixin Chen is Associate Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Lineage, Food, and Famine in the Village of Old Qu
2. Environment, Culture, and Famine: Villages of Eastern Yu, Inner Valley,
and Huang Court
3. Prosperity, Regime, and Famine: The Village of Three Treasures
4. Multilineages, Revolution, and Famine: Villages of Four Doors and Little
Shao
5. Food Hoarding: Villages of Eastern Mountain Foot, Lu Valley, and
Promising Land
6. Food Riots: The Upper Wang Village Food Riot and the Spread of Crop
Riots
7. Famine in Jiangxi Villages: Flat Land and Lowland Fang
8. Contrasting Experiences of Jiangxi and Anhui in the Great Leap Forward
Famine
Conclusion