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Reviews Pierre Fuller. Famine Relief in Warlord China. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, . pp. Paperback $., ISBN - . Pierre Fuller’s Famine Relief in Warlord China (hereafter Famine Relief) shows that the coordinated famine relief efforts made by the Chinese warlord authorities, the local philanthropic gentry, and private organizations during the North China Famine of – effectively sustained the lives of millions of poor peasants and urban residents. These efforts, Fuller points out, lessened the severity of famine that would otherwise have inflicted more devastations upon the people in five provinces of North China. To be sure, the famine claimed half a million lives, yet was not so devastating in comparison with the North China Famine of –, which resulted from a drought across the same five provinces, and caused the deaths of – million people. The famine relief in –, Fuller argues, proved to be a success, owing critically to the mitigation of the mortality level the relief efforts brought about. Previous scholarship of this famine has relied largely on the records of the China International Famine Relief Commission (CIFRC), in which the success of the famine relief was attributed to three factors: China’s new
China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: May 9, 2022
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