Print version: Chen, Yixin, 1953- When Food Became Scarce : How Chinese Peasants Survived the Great Leap Forward Famine. First edition. Ithaca :Cornell University Press, c2024 345 pages ISBN 9781501776380
Includes bibliographical references and index
Lineage, food, and famine in the village of Old Qu -- Environment, culture, and famine: villages of Eastern Yu, Inner Valley, and Huang Court -- Prosperity, regime, and famine: the village of Three Treasures -- Multilineages, revolution, and famine: villages of Four Doors and Little Shao -- Food hoarding: villages of Eastern Mountain Foot, Lu Valley, and Promising Land -- Food riots: the Upper Wang village food riot and the spread of crop riots -- Famine in Jiangxi villages: Flat Land and Lowland Fang -- Contrasting experiences of Jiangxi and Anhui in the Great Leap Forward famine.