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Book SynopsisThe massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma.
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Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Explanation of Commonly Used Chinese Terms Acknowledgments Foreword by Cormac O Grada Introduction part i . Setting the Scene 1. Shanxi, Greater China, and the Famine 2. Experiencing the Famine: The Hierarchy of Suffering in a Famine Song from Xiezhou part ii . Praise and Blame: Interpretive Frameworks of Famine Causation 3. The Wrath of Heaven versus Human Greed 4. Qing Officialdom and the Politics of Famine 5. Views from the Outside: Science, Railroads, and Laissez-Faire Economics 6. Hybrid Voices: The Famine and Jiangnan Activism part iii . Icons of Starvation: Images, Myths, and Illusions 7. Family and Gender in Famine 8. The "Feminization of Famine" and the Feminization of Nationalism 9. Eating Culture: Cannibalism and the Semiotics of Starvation, 1870--2001 Epilogue. New Tears for New Times: The Famine Revisited Glossary of Chinese Characters Notes Bibliography Index
