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Tears from Iron: Cultural Responses to Famine in Nineteenth-Century China - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley
Tears from Iron: Cultural Responses to Famine in Nineteenth-Century China - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley
The 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.
360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 2, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520253025 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 360 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 159 × 32 mm · 654 g |