The Lius of Shanghai /

The Lius of Shanghai / / Sherman Cochran.

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From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache of letters from one of China's most prominent and influential families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds new light on this tumu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Cochran, Sherman,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 20 halftones, 2 maps, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I. PLANNING A BUSINESS DYNASTY, 1907- 1932
  • 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
  • II. BEHAVING CONTRARY TO THE PLAN, 1932- 1937
  • 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
  • III. REACTING TO WAR, 1938- 1945
  • 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
  • IV. ADAPTING TO REVOLUTION, 1946- 1956
  • 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

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