Ancestral leaves : : a family journey through Chinese history /

Ancestral Leaves follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution. The lives of the Ye family-"Ye" means "leaf" in Chinese-reveal the human side of the...

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Front matter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Preface --
1. Fleeing the Long Hairs --
2. Family roots --
3. Father, Son, and Family --
4. Rebellion --
5. Official Life in the Late Qing --
6. A time of transitions --
7. Doing Business in Tianjin --
8. Growing Up in Tianjin --
9. Student Life in the 1930's --
10. War --
Part III. The People's Republic --
11. Family Life in new China --
12. Hundred Flowers and Poisonous Weeds --
13. The Cultural revolution --
Epilogue: After the Deluge --
Notes --
Glossary of Chinese Terms --
Selected Ye Family Bibliography --
Index
1. Verfasser:
Esherick, Joseph S. (VerfasserIn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2011]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Ancestral Leaves follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution. The lives of the Ye family-"Ye" means "leaf" in Chinese-reveal the human side of the large-scale events that shaped modern China: the vast and destructive rebellions of the nineteenth century, the economic growth and social transformation of the republican era, the Japanese invasion during World War II, and the Cultural Revolution under the Chinese Communists. Joseph W. Esherick draws from rare manuscripts and archival and oral history sources to provide an uncommonly personal and intimate glimpse into Chinese family history, illuminating the changing patterns of everyday life during rebellion, war, and revolution.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
ISBN:
9786613331847
9781283331845
1283331845
9780520947627
0520947622
Schlagworte:
Ye family.
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