{"product_id":"catastrophe-and-contention-in-rural-china-maos-great-leap-forward-famine-and-the-origins-of-righteous-resistance-in-da-fo-village-hardback-9780521897495","title":"Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China; Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village (Hardback) 9780521897495","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCatastrophe and Contention in Rural China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThaxton argues that the memory of the great famine under Mao shaped villagers' resistance to the socialist state.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRalph A. Thaxton, Jr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521897495, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 May 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e406 pages, 8 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e24 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.71 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Highly readable and informative … essential reading …' Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book documents how China's rural people remember the great famine of Maoist rule, which proved to be the worst famine in modern world history. Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr., sheds new light on how China's socialist rulers drove rural dwellers to hunger and starvation, on how powerless villagers formed resistance to the corruption and coercion of collectivization, and on how their hidden and contentious acts, both individual and concerted, allowed them to survive and escape the predatory grip of leaders and networks in the thrall of Mao's authoritarian plan for a full-throttle realization of communism – a plan that engendered an unprecedented disaster for rural families. Based on his study of a rural village's memories of the famine, Thaxton argues that these memories persisted long after the events of the famine and shaped rural resistance to the socialist state, both before and after the post-Mao era of reform.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Republican era and the emergence of Communist leadership during the anti-Japanese war of resistance\u003cbr\u003e 2. The ascent of the vigilante militia: the violent antecedents of Mao's war\u003cbr\u003e 3. The onset of collectivization and popular dissatisfaction with Mao's 'yellow bomb' road\u003cbr\u003e 4. The mandate abandoned: the disaster of the great leap forward\u003cbr\u003e 5. Strategies of survival and their elimination in the great leap forward\u003cbr\u003e 6. The escape from famine and death\u003cbr\u003e 7. Indignation and frustrated retaliation: the politics of disengagement\u003cbr\u003e 8. The market comes first: the economics of disengagement\u003cbr\u003e 9. Persistent memories and long-delayed retaliation in the reform era\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005934194968,"sku":"9780521897495","price":68.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521897495i_319886ed-d24b-404d-824d-3607bb6018a8.jpg?v=1691359153","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/catastrophe-and-contention-in-rural-china-maos-great-leap-forward-famine-and-the-origins-of-righteous-resistance-in-da-fo-village-hardback-9780521897495","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}