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Sparrows, bedbugs, and body shadows : a memoir /

Growing up in revolutionary China, Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou was among the millions forced to adopt the goals of Mao's new society. His captivating memoir, written against the backdrop of the early decades of the People's Republic, offer a rare and personal look a the China's dream of a C...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lou, Sheldon, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press in association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center, ©2005.
Colección:Intersections (Honolulu, Hawaii)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Growing up in revolutionary China, Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou was among the millions forced to adopt the goals of Mao's new society. His captivating memoir, written against the backdrop of the early decades of the People's Republic, offer a rare and personal look a the China's dream of a Communist paradise -- from Mao's preposterous campaign to rid the country of sparrows to the communes and backyard steel-making of the Great Leap Forward to the madness of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath. -- Back cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (251 pages)
ISBN:0824873971
9780824873974