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Great Leap, Great Famine

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  • Cormac Ó Gráda

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The paper is an extended review of two recent books on the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-61

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  • Cormac Ó Gráda, 2013. "Great Leap, Great Famine," Working Papers 201304, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
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