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Book SynopsisFamine 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.
Trade ReviewFuller has mined, collected, and juxtaposed material from dozens of sources to weave together a compelling portrait of an understudied period in Chinese history…All historians of twentieth century China would benefit from reading his work. -- Jonathan Tang * Journal of Chinese History *
Fuller’s richly researched study is a prime example of a new generation of scholarship that relies on local sources from a Chinese perspective to provide new insights for a wide range of audiences from historians of modern China to transnational policymakers…An exceptional study. -- Matthew Noellert * Agricultural History *
