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The Lius of Shanghai /
From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, a cache of letters from one of China's prominent families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds light on a tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh show how the family confronted war, civil unrest, and social upheaval, and how--in the midst...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.