Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China. By James Palmer. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2012. Pp. ix, 273. $26.99.)

Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangsha

Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China. By James Palmer. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2011. Pp. ix, 260. $26.99.)

✍ Xiaorong Han 📂 Article 📅 2012 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 411 KB

Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China

✍ Palmer, James 📂 Fiction 📅 2011 🏛 Basic Books 🌐 English ⚖ 565 KB

When an earthquake of historic magnitude leveled the industrial city of Tangshan in the summer of 1976, killing more than a half-million people, China was already gripped by widespread social unrest. As Mao lay on his deathbed, the public mourned the death of popular premier Zhou Enlai. Anger toward

Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China

✍ Palmer, James 📂 Fiction 📅 2011 🏛 Basic Books 🌐 English ⚖ 1 MB

When an earthquake of historic magnitude leveled the industrial city of Tangshan in the summer of 1976, killing more than a half-million people, China was already gripped by widespread social unrest. As Mao lay on his deathbed, the public mourned the death of popular premier Zhou Enlai. Anger toward