Mr. China's Son: A Villager's Life
by:
Liyi He (author)
Claire Anne Chik (author)
Through the accounts of a prominent Chinese villager and his family, the author examines the years leading up to China’s Cultural Revolution and its impact on intellectual society. The new material for the second edition shows how this family, and the village in which they live, change as the...
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Through the accounts of a prominent Chinese villager and his family, the author examines the years leading up to China’s Cultural Revolution and its impact on intellectual society. The new material for the second edition shows how this family, and the village in which they live, change as the post-Deng Xiaoping era unfolds in the countryside. The impersonal forces of economic and social planning on the part of Beijing are given a human face and allow the reader to understand their impact on an individual level.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780813339795 (0813339790)
Publish date: July 31st 2002
Publisher: Westview Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
This is a great book by a very inspiring man. Several years ago I contacted the author via email and told him how much I admired him and this book. He was just a kind, generous, pleasant man who took the time to respond in great detail to my email. This book is still among the best biographies I'...
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