Famine relief in warlord China / Pierre Fuller

English

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Asia Center [2019], 2019

xiv, 348 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-674-24113-8 hardcover : alk. paper

978-0-674-24114-5 pbk. : alk. paper

*China / Indigenes Volk / Nahrungsmittelhilfe / Geschichte 1920-1921

*Food relief -- China -- History -- 20th century ; Indigenous peoples -- China -- Politics and government ; International relief -- China -- History -- 20th century ; China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1928

Library of Congress Classification: HV696.F6

Dewey Decimal Classification: 363.8/83095109042

I. Relieving Beijing: War in July -- Municipal relief -- Military men -- Cigarettes, opera and religious sects -- City charities and the countryside -- II. The famine field: Village mutual aid -- Bureaucratic relief -- Migrant routes -- Manchurian relief -- International relief.

"Details how drought famine of 1920-1921, indigenous action from the household to the national levels, pulling from relief repertoires inherited from the Qing era, sustained the lives of millions of the destitute before joint foreign-Chinese international relief groups became a significant force"--Provided by publisher

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