Broken Earth: The Rural Chinese
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- Synopsis
- Putting aside the esoteric and the academic, postponing the process of statistical analysis and sociological generalization, I found that there remained a tale of what it is like to live in today's China, told by the rural Chinese themselves. In retelling their anecdotes and observations, I have sought to bring the rural Chinese within reach, to describe what it is like to live with them in their villages and celebrate the lunar New Year with jian dui pastries and lion dances, to mourn with them at funerals and rejoice with them at marriages and the birth of sons, to sit with them at collective meetings and listen to them discuss crops and policy, to take tea with them in their tea houses at dawn and to enjoy a game of basketball with them at dusk, coming over time to appreciate the bitterness of their past, the frustrations of their present, and their hopes for the future.
- Copyright:
- 1983
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 334 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780029217009
- Publisher:
- Macmillan, Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 02/27/10
- Copyrighted By:
- The Free Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Travel
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.