Jasper Becker
Auteur de Hungry Ghosts
Œuvres de Jasper Becker
The Death of China's Rivers: Part 1 (Article) 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Becker, Jasper
- Date de naissance
- 1956-05-19
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK (birth)
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Brussels, Belgium
Geneva, Switzerland
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Beijing, China - Études
- Mill Hill School, London, UK
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
University of London - Prix et distinctions
- 4th PIOOM Foundation Award
Kilpatrick Award for Human Rights
Hong Kong Human Rights Press Award
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Membres
- 664
- Popularité
- #37,985
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 18
- ISBN
- 37
- Langues
- 5
Becker begins with an overview of famine in China and elsewhere in the world, and in particular the Soviet famine of 1930-33. He discusses the causes of the famine, it's effect on various regions and groups of people (like the Tibetans and prisoners in the labor camps), and the aftermath, which led to the Cultural Revolution. He situates it in both Chinese history and in the world and spends several chapters at the end of the book discussing how the famine was documented, how the various death toll estimates were arrived at, and how the Western press influenced policy and was influenced.
I came at the book already knowing something about the famine from the memoirs I had read, and I think Becker was writing for an audience that either didn't know it had happened or denied it had happened. His tone at times was, I don't know, strident? in making his points. He was definitely trying to convince people. All in all, however, I found the book both easy to read and yet comprehensive and well-documented. I would recommend it to anyone interested in this time period.… (plus d'informations)