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Conference Paper: Mao's Great Famine
| Title | Mao's Great Famine |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2016 |
| Citation | The George E. Bogaars Professorship in History Public Lecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 4 February 2016 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Between 1958 and 1962, Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to overtake Britain’s steel production in less than 15 years. In the pursuit of a utopian paradise, villagers were herded together in giant communes which heralded the advent of communism. Food, distributed by the spoonful in collective canteens according to merit, became a weapon to force people to follow the party's every dictate. Irrigation campaigns compelled up to half the villagers to work for weeks on end on giant water conservancy projects, often far away from home, without adequate food and rest. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives. Mao’s Great Famine used hitherto classified material from the party archives to bring together what happened in the corridors of power with the everyday experiences of ordinary people. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/283600 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Dikotter, F | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-02T07:18:36Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-02T07:18:36Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The George E. Bogaars Professorship in History Public Lecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 4 February 2016 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/283600 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Between 1958 and 1962, Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to overtake Britain’s steel production in less than 15 years. In the pursuit of a utopian paradise, villagers were herded together in giant communes which heralded the advent of communism. Food, distributed by the spoonful in collective canteens according to merit, became a weapon to force people to follow the party's every dictate. Irrigation campaigns compelled up to half the villagers to work for weeks on end on giant water conservancy projects, often far away from home, without adequate food and rest. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives. Mao’s Great Famine used hitherto classified material from the party archives to bring together what happened in the corridors of power with the everyday experiences of ordinary people. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The George E. Bogaars Professorship in History Public Lecture, National University of Singapore | - |
| dc.title | Mao's Great Famine | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Dikotter, F: dikotter@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Dikotter, F=rp01187 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 307358 | - |