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![Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China by James Palmer](https://assets.thestorygraph.com/assets/placeholder-cover-0755be897b1afdde5ada5d07ea6d23003f17f3d35a22107d1ac601ca10a40e96.jpg)
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James Palmer
296 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465014781
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: Not specified
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In the summer of 1976, Mao lay dying, and China was struck by a great natural disaster. This title recreates the tensions of that fateful summer, when the fate of China and the world were in the balance - as injured and starving people crawled amo...
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![Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China by James Palmer](https://assets.thestorygraph.com/assets/placeholder-cover-0755be897b1afdde5ada5d07ea6d23003f17f3d35a22107d1ac601ca10a40e96.jpg)
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James Palmer
296 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465014781
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In the summer of 1976, Mao lay dying, and China was struck by a great natural disaster. This title recreates the tensions of that fateful summer, when the fate of China and the world were in the balance - as injured and starving people crawled amo...