Growing up in the People's Republic Conversations Between Two Daughters of China's Revolution

Name: Growing up in the People's Republic Conversations Between Two Daughters of China's Revolution
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ISBN: 9781403969965

ISBN-10: 1403969965

ISBN-13: 9781403969965

Edition: 2005

Authors: Ye Weili, Ma Xiaodong, Ye Weili, Ma Xiaodong

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In conversational style and in chronological sequence, Ye Weili and Ma Xiaodong recount their lives in China from the 1950s to the 1980s, a particularly eventful period that included the Cultural Revolution and the ensuing Communist regime. Using their own stories as two case studies, they examine the making of a significant yet rarely understood generation in recent Chinese history. They also reflect upon the mixed legacy of the early decades of the People's Republic of China (PRe. In doing so, the book strives for a balance between critical scrutiny of a complex era and the sweeping rejection of that era that recent victim literature embraces. Ultimately Ye and Ma intend to reconnect to a…

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List price: $119.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 177
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Series Editors' Foreword


Foreword



Explanation of Chinese Names


Chronology of Major Events in China: 1949-Present


Acknowledgments


Introduction



"Even If You Cut It, It Will Not Come Apart"



"Flowers of the Nation"



From Paper Crown to Leather Belt



Up to the Mountains, Down to the Countryside



Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students



The Reform Era


Afterword


Glossary


Notes