Mao's War against Nature

Judith (American University, Washington DC) Shapiro

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Under Mao, the traditional Chinese ideal of 'harmony between heaven and humans' was abrogated in favor of Mao's insistence that 'people will conquer nature'. Mao and the Chinese Communist Party's 'war' to bend the physical world to human will often had disastrous consequences both for human beings and the natural environment.

ISBN-13
9780521781503
ISBN-10
0521781507
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-03-05
Pages
332
Dimensions
161x236x31
Weight
656