{"product_id":"tombstone-the-great-chinese-famine-1958-1962","title":"Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962","description":"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 1950€™s and early €˜60€™s. One of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century, the famine is poorly understood, and in China is still euphemistically referred to as the €œthree 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 lays the deaths at the feet of 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 mem\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374277931\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0374277931.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jisheng, Yang|Friedman, Edward|Mosher, Stacy|Guo, Jian|MacFarquhar, Roderick\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41415189889082,"sku":"DBV.0374277931.G","price":7.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0374277931-0.jpg?v=1778693695","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/tombstone-the-great-chinese-famine-1958-1962","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}