The Lius of Shanghai /
From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache of letters from one of China's most prominent and influential families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds new light on this tumu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. PLANNING A BUSINESS DYNASTY, 1907- 1932
- 1 Parents Who Dreamed of a Business Dynasty
- 2 Sons Who Tried for Admission to Cambridge
- 3 Sons Who Did Not Want to Become British Citizens
- II. BEHAVING CONTRARY TO THE PLAN, 1932- 1937
- 4 A Son Who Wanted to Drop Out of Harvard
- 5 A Son Who Was Sick
- 6 A Son Who Proposed Marriage to a Westernized Woman
- 7 A Daughter Who Spoiled a Marriage Alliance
- III. REACTING TO WAR, 1938- 1945
- 8 Sons Who Became Leaders in War time
- 9 A Son Who Joined the Communists
- 10 A Son Who Battled Depression
- 11 Mother's Struggle to Save Her Marriage
- 12 The Family's Postwar Disunion and Reunion
- IV. ADAPTING TO REVOLUTION, 1946- 1956
- 13 Father's Decision to Live in the People's Republic
- 14 A Daughter Who Forged Family Alliances
- 15 A Son Who Refused to Return to China
- 16 Parents' Deaths and Children's Dispersal
- Conclusion
- Archives and Works Cited
- Notes
- Acknoledgments
- Index