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Ancestral Leaves: A Family Journey through Chinese History

By Joseph W. Esherick

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780520947627
DOI
10.1525/9780520947627
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6126262 bytes)
Pages
392\390
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 13:29:13

Description

Ancestral Leaves follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution. The lives of the Ye family—"Ye" means "leaf" in Chinese—reveal the human side of the large-scale events that shaped modern China: the vast and destructive rebellions of the nineteenth century, the economic growth and social transformation of the republican era, the Japanese invasion during World War II, and the Cultural Revolution under the Chinese Communists. Joseph W. Esherick draws from rare manuscripts and archival and oral history sources to provide an uncommonly personal and intimate glimpse into Chinese family history, illuminating the changing patterns of everyday life during rebellion, war, and revolution.

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