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Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958–1962

Yang Jisheng

An account of the famine that killed roughly thirty-six million Chinese during the Great Leap Forward examines how the communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the country's leaders caused the catastrophe.

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryOpen Library: China, history, 1949- -> BiographyOpen Library: Politics and government -> Politics & GovernmentRegional & Local History

Award History

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Cundill History PrizeMajor2013FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the country’s leaders caused the catastrophe of the Great Chinese Famine, killing roughly thirty-six million people.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.