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Palmer, James, 1978-
Subjects
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Tangshan Earthquake, China, 1976.
Earthquakes -- China -- Tangshan Shi.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
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Palmer, James, 1978-
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Tangshan Earthquake, China, 1976.
Earthquakes -- China -- Tangshan Shi.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
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Heaven cracks, earth shakes : the
Tangshan
earthquake
and the death of Mao's
China
/ James Palmer.
by
Palmer, James, 1978-
Basic Books, c2012.
Call #:
951.057 P174h
Subjects
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Tangshan
Earthquake
,
China
,
1976
.
Earthquakes --
China
--
Tangshan
Shi.
China
-- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
ISBN:
9780465014781 :
046501478X
Description:
ix, 273 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index.
Contents:
Who will protect us now? -- Living in coal country -- Tomb-Sweeping Day -- Four hundred Hiroshimas -- Everybody saved me -- You die, I live -- Aftershocks.
Summary:
In Heaven cracks, earth shakes, acclaimed historian James Palmer tells the story of
1976
, the most tumultuous year in modern Chinese history. The year began with the death of the popular Premier Zhou Enlai, whose passing was widely mourned by the masses-- but this public grief quickly turned to anger when the Gang of Four stifled attempts to mourn Zhou publically. When a massive
earthquake
struck
Tangshan
a few months later, the disaster revealed the profound failures of Mao's
China
. As
Tangshan
lay in ruins, the central government cared more about ideological struggles than rescuing its own people. The year climaxed with Mao's death, followed in short order by a palace coup, which wrested the reins of power from the Gang of Four and put an end to the Cultural Revolution. -- Jacket, p. [2].
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