In clear and compelling prose, Judith Shapiro relates the great, untold story of the devastating impact of Chinese Politics on China\'s Environment during the Mao years.
Under Mao, the traditional Chinese ideal of "harmony between heaven and humans" was abrogated in favor of Mao\'s insistence that "Man Must Conquer Nature." Mao and the Chinese.
Maoist China provides an example of extreme human interference in the natural world in an era in which human relationships were also unusually distorted.
In clear and compelling prose, Judith Shapiro relates the great, untold story of the devastating impact of Chinese Politics on China\'s Environment during the Mao years