Foreigners under Mao : western lives in China, 1949-1976 /
Foreigners Under Mao is a pioneering study of the Western community during the turbulent Mao era. Based largely on personal interviews, memoirs, private letters, and archives, this book 'gives a voice' to the Westerners who lived under Mao. It shows that China was not as closed to Western...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
[2016]
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Living under Mao
- part I. 'Foreign comrades'
- 1. Into Mao's China
- 2. Identities and roles
- 3. Interactions
- part II. POW ' turncoats'
- 4. Choosing China
- 5. Disenchantment
- part III. Diplomats
- 6. 'The world within'
- 7. Licensed contacts and beyond
- 8. Cold War diplomacy
- part IV. Correspondents
- 9. 'Our life and hard times'
- 10. The web of relationships
- 11. 'Dateline
- Peking'
- part V. 'Foreign experts'
- 12. Helping China?
- 13. Personal and political dynamics
- part VI. Students
- 14. Studying, Maoist style
- 15. Breaking down the barriers?
- part VII. The Western community(ies)
- 16. Across divides
- 17. After Mao.