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Hardback. Zustand: Fair. The much-anticipated definitive account of China's Great Famine An estimated thirty-six million Chinese men, women, and children starved to death during China's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early '60s. One of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century, the famine is poorly understood, and in China is still euphemistically referred to as the three years of natural disaster. As a journalist with privileged access to official and unofficial sources, Yang Jisheng spent twenty years piecing together the events that led to mass nationwide starvation, including the death of his own father. Finding no natural causes, Yang attributes responsibility for the deaths to China's totalitarian system and the refusal of officials at every level to value human life over ideology and self-interest. Tombstone is a testament to inhumanity and occasional heroism that pits collective memory against the historical amnesia imposed by those in power. Stunning in scale and arresting in its detailed account of the staggering human cost of this tragedy, Tombstone is written both as a memorial to the lives lost--an enduring tombstone in memory of the dead--and in hopeful anticipation of the final demise of the totalitarian system. Ian Johnson, writing in The New York Review of Books, called the Chinese edition of Tombstone groundbreaking . . . One of the most important books to come out of China in recent years.…

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Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. fmc2%262D.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 140 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.35 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 656 pages. 7.80x5.08x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover/Pappeinband. Zustand: Sehr gut. 347 p. Very good. Shrink wrapped. / Sehr guter Zustand. In Folie verschweißt. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.

paperback. Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. NEW YORK: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. First American edition. First printing, with full number line including 1. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's price intact on jacket flap ($35.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Octavo, 629 pages including index. Translated from the Chinese by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian. With introductions by Edward Friedman and Roderick MacFarquhar. A monumental nonfiction history of the GREAT CHINESE FAMINE (19581962), during which tens of millions perished, based on official documents and survivor testimony. JISHENG (b. 1940) is a Chinese journalist and historian whose investigative work on TOMBSTONE was banned in mainland China but acclaimed internationally for its rigor and moral force.…

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 141, 1989, 12 pages agrafées de 18x25,50 cm Bon état - Pour les envois hors de France, la tafication «livre & brochure» pour les frais de port a disparue.Les frais de port annoncés correspondent à une moyenne. Ils seront calculés au plus juste en fonction du poids de votre article.…

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 629 pages. 8.50x5.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Softcover. Zustand: Très bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Zustand: Used. pp. xii + 59.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 629 pages. 8.50x5.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: Good. Like new in shrink wrap with a few tears.

Zustand: Used. pp. xii + 59 Acknowledgement.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 722 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.