Ancestral Leaves: A Family Journey Through Chinese History - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph W. EsherickTheme:Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies, Chronological Period/Modern, Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Chinese, Interdisciplinary Studies/AsianPublish date:2/9/2011Pages:392
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520267008ISBN-10:0520267001UPC:9780520267008Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asia, HistoricalBook Topic:ChinaSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.518Product ID:SCPT2EGAMX
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520267008ISBN-10:0520267001UPC:9780520267008Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asia, HistoricalBook Topic:ChinaSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.518Product ID:SCPT2EGAMX
Joseph W. Esherick is Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Origins of the Boxer Uprising (UC Press) and co-editor of The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History, among many books.
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