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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lou, Sheldon, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press in association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center, ©2005.
Series:Intersections (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Subjects:
Lou, Sheldon, > 1941-
1949-1976
HISTORY > Asia > China.
China > History > 1949-1976 > Biography.
China > History > 1949-1976.
Chine > Histoire > 1949-1976.
Chine > Histoire > 1949-1976 > Biographies.
China
History
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (251 pages)
ISBN:0824873971
9780824873974

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