Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet Union

During the twentieth century, 80 percent of all famine victims worldwide died in China and the Soviet Union. The author analyzes the historical and political roots of these famines, in which overambitious industrial programmes endorsed by Stalin and Mao Zedong created greater disasters than those suffered under prerevolutionary regimes.

About the author

Felix Wemheuer is assistant professor at the Institute for East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna. He has published three books on twentieth-century Chinese political history and numerous journal articles.

Summary

An authoritative study of food politics in the socialist regimes of China and the Soviet Union

Product details

• Authors: Felix Wemheuer
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.2014
• EAN: 9780300195811
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19581-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies; Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (YUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous