Telling the Truth: China’s Great Leap Forward, Household Registration and the Famine Death Tally

Yang, Songlin; Xie, Baohui

This book discusses what is often called the “Great Leap Famine”, which occurred in China during the years from 1959 to 1961. Scholarly consensus suggests that 30 million Chinese perished. Yang Songlin’s book provides an evidence-based, systematic and substantial rebuff, concluding that a much smaller number of deaths can be verified. This book is of interest to scholars of China and Chinese development and politics, economists, and demographers.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2022-05-27

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789811616631

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1661-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 277