Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society, and Institutional Change Since the Great Leap Famine...

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Dali L. Yang

Calamity and Reform in China

State, Rural Society, and Institutional Change Since the Great Leap Famine

Dali L. Yang

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Stanford University Press
01 August 1998

Famine

China's Great Leap Famine of 1959-61 resulted in 30 million deaths, making it easily the worst famine in human history. Yet unlike the Cultural Revolution - that other massive catastrophe of Mao's rule - the Great Leap Forward has received scant scholarly attention. This is partly because victims of the ensuing famine were inarticulate farmers and partly because many key players in that inglorious era are members of the current elite who tightly guard the archives. Despite these impediments, the author has marshalled an impressive array of historical documents to provide the first comprehensive treatment of the political causes and consequences of the Great Leap Famine. The Famine is important because it furnished the crucial historical motives for dismantling the rural collective institutional structure in post-Mao China two decades later and motivating tens of millions of ordinary Chinese to enact the reforms.

By: Dali L. Yang
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780804734707
ISBN 10: 0804734704
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 August 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Dali L. Yang is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Reviews for Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society, and Institutional Change Since the Great Leap Famine

On the basis of a wealth of primary and secondary sources, the book provides a vigorous treatment of the origin and consequences of the Great Leap Forward as well as the institutions and processes involved in China's rural reforms. Yang's book is an impressive scholarly addition to our study of contemporary Chinese politics. -- Journal of Asian Studies This is a very impressive achievement. What is so good about it is the theoretical and statistical sophistication, the emphasis on regional variation, and the learning it displays, not only with regard to China but in general. It contains much new material of enormous value. -- Thomas P. Bernstein Columbia University