Political Thinker Podcast

This week, there is no guest. Rather, Christopher reads a paper he wrote in 2017 on the history of the Great Leap Forward.

Please note that this paper contains lot of details about death.

Also please note that this paper was written as an academic exercise and is based on fact, and is not based on opinion.

References:

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Chang, Jung, and Jon Halliday. Mao: the unknown story. Random House, 2007.

Kung, James Kai-sing, and Justin Yifu Lin. "The causes of China’s great leap famine, 1959–1961." Economic Development and Cultural Change 52.1 (2003): 51-73.

Li, Wei, and Dennis Tao Yang. "The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a central planning disaster." Journal of Political Economy 113.4 (2005): 840-877.

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Manning, Kimberley Ens. "Making a Great Leap Forward? The politics of women's liberation in Maoist China." Gender & History 18.3 (2006): 574-593.

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News Paper Sources

Akbar, Arifa, Mao's Great Leap Forward 'killed 45 million in four years', Independent UK, Friday 17 September 2010

Website Resources

58年農村人民公社化運動 Rural People's Commune Movement in 1958

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAVYb_TM7ew&feature=youtu.be

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