Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikötter was first published in 2010. We track 2 editions.
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- Walker Books2010 Other I own Mao's Great Famine, Walker Books 2010 Log in to want this
- Bloomsbury Publishing2010 Other I own Mao's Great Famine, Bloomsbury Publishing 2010 Log in to want this
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- Set in
- China
- Genre
- essay
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- Editions recorded
- 10 on Open Library, 8 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 5 languages
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Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikötter was first published in 2010.