Description |
xxiii, 332 p. : ill., maps. |
Series |
Asia : local studies/global themes ; 15 |
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Asia--local studies/global themes ; 15.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and index. |
Contents |
Shanxi, greater China, and the famine -- Experiencing the famine : the hierarchy of suffering in a famine song from Xiezhou -- The wrath of heaven versus human greed -- Qing officialdom and the politics of famine -- Views from the outside : science, railroads, and laissez-faire economics -- Hybrid voices : the famine and Jiangnan activism -- Family and gender in famine -- The "feminization of famine" and the feminization of nationalism -- Eating culture : cannibalism and the semiotics of starvation, 1870-2001 -- Epilogue. New tears for new times : the famine revisited. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Famines -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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China -- Social conditions -- 1644-1912.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780520253025 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520934221 (electronic bk.) |
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