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Description edit
This hugely important and ground-breaking book — an unprecedented oral history — gives voice to a silent generation and tells the secret history of 20th century China. In 1912, five thousand years of feudal rule ended in China. Warlords, Western businessmen, soldiers, missionaries and... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Setting & Locations edit
- People's Republic Of China
- Xinran
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- Nanjing
- Henan
- Zhengzhou
- Gansu
- Japan
- Soviet Union
- Hangzhou
- Shihezi
- Tibet
- America
- Silk Road
- Anhui
- Hezheng
- Chengdu
- Africa
- Tianjin
- Urumqi
- Lanzhou
- Yellow River
- Spring Festival
- London
- Lin Biao
- Germany
- Sichuan
- Zhejiang
- Chongqing
- Gobi Desert
- Qinghai
- Ise
- Guizhou
- Changzheng
- Ningxia
- Hunan
- Shandong
- Qingdao
- Britain
- New China
- Usa
Authors & Contributors edit
- Xinran (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Julia Lovell (Translator) - Translated the Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2.
- Esther Tyldesley (Translator) - Translated Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6; Interludes 1 and 2; and the Afterword.
- Nicky Harman (Translator) - Translated Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; Interludes 3, 4, and 5; and the Acknowledgments.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: England
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0701180390
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: England
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0701180390
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951.00922
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