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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hooper, Beverly (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Visitors, Foreign > China > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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