Deng Yunte was a respected academic and artist. He was also a propagandist and political commentator, before becoming one of the earliest victims of the Cultural Revolution. He committed suicide in 1966. This is the first English translation of his classic study of famine relief in Chinese history. Richly researched, Deng plots the history of famine from ancient times to the Republican period, and explores the impact of famine relief in China with a focus on social and economic forces. This is a unique and revealing text, not only as a study of famine in China, but as an example of historical scholarship from twentieth-century China.
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The first English translation of Deng Yunte's study of famine relief throughout the history of China.
Author's foreword to the 1958 reprint; Author's general notes on the
1937 print; Sigla and translator's general notes; Introduction to the English
edition by Timothy Cheek; Introduction; Part I. Disasters and Famines in
China:
1. Disasters and famines in China: a review of facts;
2. Disasters and
famines in China: a review of causes;
3. Consequences of famines and
disasters; Part II. Disaster and Famine Relief: A Review of Ideas:
4. Praying
to deities to disperse 'evils';
5. Ideas for reactive relief;
6. Ideas for
disaster prevention; Part III. Implementation of Disaster and Famine Relief
Policies in Chinese History:
7. Sorcery as a relief measure: a review of
records;
8. Implementation of reactive relief policies in Chinese history;
9.
Implementation of policies of proactive disaster prevention; Afterword. Tuo
Deng and his History of Famine Relief in China; Appendix I. Chronicle of
events in the History of Famine Relief in China; Appendix II. Chronology of
Tuo Deng; Appendix III. Glossary of proper names.
Deng Yunte (19121966), also known as Deng Tuo, was a founding editor of the People's Daily, and its editor-in-chief from 1948 to 1958.
