Publication

2014 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

86,000 words, Guess

Page Count

344 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780300195811
  • ISBN-100300195818
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014001973
  • OCLC Control Number862098429
  • Better World Books9780300195811
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHC79.F3W457 2014
  • LCCHC79.F3 W457 2014

Description

During the twentieth century, 80 percent of all famine victims worldwide died in China and the Soviet Union. In this thoughtful study, Felix Wemheuer analyzes the historical and political roots of these socialist era famines, in which overambitious industrial programmes endorsed by Stalin and Mao Zedong created greater disasters than those suffered under pre-revolutionary regimes.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet UnionYale University Press2014

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