Famine Relief in Warlord China is a reexamination of disaster responses during the greatest ecological crisis of the pre-Nationalist Chinese republic. In 1920�

The first English translation of Deng Yunte's study of famine relief throughout the history of China.

The most disastrous famine in recent Chinese history took place between 1876 and 1879, afflicting all five provinces of North China [Shantung, Chihli, Honan, Sh

Drawing on previously closed archives that have since been made inaccessible again, this volume contains the most crucial primary documents concerning the fate

This monumental work provides a new perspective on the historical significance of famines in China over the past three hundred years. It examines the relationsh