Famine Relief in Warlord China

Famine Relief in Warlord China explores relief efforts during the greatest ecological crisis of the pre-Nationalist Chinese republic. Pierre Fuller details how indigenous action from the household to the national level, not international intervention, sustained the lives of millions of the destitute in Beijing.

About the author

Pierre Fuller is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Monash University in Melbourne.

Summary

Famine Relief in Warlord China explores disaster responses during the greatest ecological crisis of the pre-Nationalist Chinese republic. Pierre Fuller details how indigenous action from the household to the national level, not international intervention, sustained the lives of millions of the destitute in Beijing.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Fuller, Fuller Pierre
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780674241145
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24114-5
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Food & society, Social impact of disasters, Asian History, Cultural studies: food and society, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)