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The world of a tiny insect : a memoir of the Taiping rebellion and its aftermath /
""From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. "So begins Zhang Daye's preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when China's devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The Tai...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Map of Author's Travels
- Translator's Introduction
- Preface by Zhang Daye
- Part 1.
- Trip to Tiantai
- An Account of Taizhou Prefecture
- The Six Counties of Taizhou
- The "One-Headed Woman" at Huangyan
- Ten Poems on Xianju
- The Birds of Xianju
- Part 2.
- Birth and Early Childhood
- On the Run: 1861-1863
- "Flames of War," Ghost Troops, and Other Strange Happenings
- Epidemic, Greed, and the Woman Dismembered at Lu's Dyke
- The Occupation of Shaoxing and Its Aftermath
- Edible Flora and Fauna
- The Pleasures and Horrors of ChildhoodNarrow Escapes on Water
- Reunion with Father and Father's Death
- Part 3.
- The Nian Uprising
- The Assassination of Governor Ma Xinyi
- Remembering Cousin Xuequan
- Travels for Livelihood after Father's Death
- Trip to Shaoxing for Father's Burial
- Return to Yuanjiang
- Trip to Hangzhou
- Sojourn at Songjiang
- Sojourn at Suzhou
- Trips to Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Xianju
- Friends at Xianju
- The Bandits of Xianju
- Chronology
- Appendix: A List of the Author's Connections
- Works Cited