Examines the leaders, problems, controversies, and political, economic, social, and cultural events in China from 1949 to 1976.
Eldest son: Zhou Enlai and the making of modern China, 1898-1…
by Han, Suyin
fromKodansha Globe
Eldest son: Zhou Enlai and the making of modern China, 1898-1…
by Han, Suyin
fromKodansha Globe
Draws upon historical documents to describe the scale, effect and outcome of the massive famine in China, between 1959 and 1961, which resulted from Chairman Mao's "Great Leap Forward" policy. It also suggests that self-interest among the current elite has.
The history of Japan's road to war in China during the 1930s and 1940s is well known, as are the legacies of that disastrous conflict in the diplomatic disputes, territorial rows, and educational policy battles between Japan and China since the 1980s. Less understood, however, i…
The history of Japan's road to war in China during the 1930s and 1940s is well known, as are the legacies of that disastrous conflict in the diplomatic disputes, territorial rows, and educational policy battles between Japan and China since the 1980s. Less understood, however, i…
The present volume provides an overview of new forms of popular memory, in particular critical memory, of the Mao era. Focusing on the processes of private production, public dissemination, and social sanctioning of narratives of the past in contemporary China, it examines the r…