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Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 Yang Jisheng
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Apr 20, 2014 - They're Power Capitalists, as veteran Chinese journalist Yang Jisheng who authored "Tombstone: the Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962" coins it. Dec 12, 2012 - In the summer of 1962, China's president, Liu Shaoqi, warned Mao Zedong that “history will record the role you and I played in the sta.. May 31, 2013 - The great famine before China's Cultural Revolution killed millions. But what is the rationale John Taylor on Unforgettable Economics Lessons in Tombstone Last night Yang Jisheng was awarded the 2012 Hayek Prize for his book Tombstone about the Chinese famine of 1958-1962. Allen Lane; £30.Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk. Nov 6, 2012 - At The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson reviews the new English version of Yang Jisheng's Great Famine history, Tombstone, comparing it with other books on the subject by Zhou Xun and Frank Dikötter. Nov 1, 2012 - Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine 1958-1962. Nov 29, 2012 - The Great Famine in China, 1958-1962: a Documentary History, published by Yale University Press (2012) is the labour of my research in those four years. For Food,” and “Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine 1958–1962″ by Yang Jisheng—provide instructive reminders of the degree to which food supply has been used as a tool of social engineering and a weapon of war. Yang Jisheng took it upon himself to make sure the Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 · go to bookstore. His own father died of starvation in the Great Leap Forward and Mr. Mar 12, 2014 - The much-anticipated definitive account of China’s Great Famine Â. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 629 pages; $35. Mar 7, 2014 - Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 by Yang Jisheng My rating: 3 of 5 stars Between the years of 1958 - 1962, an estimated 32 million people starved to death in the People's Republic of China. Dec 16, 2012 - TOMBSTONE: The Great Chinese Famine 1958-1962. Jun 5, 2013 - More good mid-week reads:Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser and William Kerr on The origins of entrepreneurship and innovation clusters Contrary to received wisdom, entrepreneurial clusters in the US – like Silicon Valley – are seen as success stories. | eating disorders, george clooney. Dec 10, 2012 - There are good earlier studies of the famine and one excellent recent one, “Mao's Great Famine” by Frank Dikötter, but Yang's is significant because he lives in China and is boldly unsparing. Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 [Yang Jisheng, Edward Friedman, Stacy Mosher, Jian Guo, Roderick MacFarquhar] on Amazon.com.