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The Man Awakened from Dreams: One Man´s Life in a North China Village, 1857-1942
Henrietta Harrison
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Description for The Man Awakened from Dreams: One Man´s Life in a North China Village, 1857-1942
Paperback. This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
In this beautifully crafted study of one emblematic life, Harrison addresses large themes in Chinese history while conveying with great immediacy the textures and rhythms of everyday life in the countryside in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Liu Dapeng was a provincial degree-holder who never held government office. Through the story of his family, the author illustrates the decline of the countryside in relation to the cities as a result of modernization and the transformation of Confucian ideology as a result of these changes. Based on nearly 400 volumes of Liu's diary and other ... Read more
In this beautifully crafted study of one emblematic life, Harrison addresses large themes in Chinese history while conveying with great immediacy the textures and rhythms of everyday life in the countryside in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Liu Dapeng was a provincial degree-holder who never held government office. Through the story of his family, the author illustrates the decline of the countryside in relation to the cities as a result of modernization and the transformation of Confucian ideology as a result of these changes. Based on nearly 400 volumes of Liu's diary and other ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804750691
SKU
V9780804750691
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99-50
About Henrietta Harrison
Henrietta Harrison is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds.
Reviews for The Man Awakened from Dreams: One Man´s Life in a North China Village, 1857-1942
...eye-opening....Harrison does nothing less than open up for us a whole new world.
Journal of Asian Studies This is a lovely book: sharp, human, meticulously theorized, and informative.
The China Review A tour de force of originality, clarity, and skillful organization....this tome deserves praise as a significant addition to the scholarship of modern Chinese ... Read more
Journal of Asian Studies This is a lovely book: sharp, human, meticulously theorized, and informative.
The China Review A tour de force of originality, clarity, and skillful organization....this tome deserves praise as a significant addition to the scholarship of modern Chinese ... Read more