James Carter

Heart of Buddha, Heart of China

The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth Century Monk

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Produktbeschreibung

James Carter, accessing previously untapped sources, tells the story of Tanxu's life and gives first-person immediacy to one of the most turbulent periods in Chinese history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780199367597
• ISBN-10: 0199367590
• Artikelnr.: 40185150

Autorenporträt

James Carter is Professor of History at Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia. He has lived and traveled widely in China, is the author of several books and articles on modern China, and is the editor of the journal Twentieth-Century China. He is also past president of the Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Present Past
Chapter One: Not Far From Anywhere
Chapter Two: Leaving Home
Chapter Three: New Worlds
Chapter Four: Family
Chapter Five: Conditioned Arising
Chapter Six: Ice and Fire
Chapter Seven: Famine and Flight
Chapter Eight: Qingdao
Chapter Nine: Life During Wartime
Chapter Ten: Forward to the Past
Epilogue: The Past in the Present