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Bitter and Sweet

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Bitter and Sweet

By Ellen Oxfeld

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About the book

Less than a half century ago, China experienced a cataclysmic famine, which was particularly devastating in the countryside. This book examines the role of food in one rural Chinese community, as it has shaped everyday lives over the course of several tumultuous decades.

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ISBN

9780520293519

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

Bitter and Sweet

Format

Hardcover

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