Jonathan D. Spence

The Gate of Heavenly Peace

The Chinese and Their Revolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chronicles the history of the Chinese Revolution, focusing on the people and events of modern Chinese history, the writings of modern Chinese authors, the issues facing the People's Republic, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 1982
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780140062793
• ISBN-10: 0140062793
• Artikelnr.: 21580814

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Spence (1936-2021): Was the author of more than a dozen well-regarded books "which illuminate China's vast history through details that illuminated bigger pictures and themes. (The New York Times)" including  The Gate of Heavenly Peace, Treason by the Book, and The Death of Woman Wang. His awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008.

Inhaltsangabe

The Gate of Heavenly Peace - Jonathan D. Spence List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Note on Pronunciation
1. Arousing the Spirits
2. Visions and Violence
3. Wanderings
4. The Far Horizon
5. The Land of Hunger
6. Extolling Nirvana
7. Whose Children Are Those?
8. Wake the Spring
9. Farewell to the Beautiful Things
10. Refugees
11. Rectifications
12. A New Order
13. The Noise of the Renegades
Notes
Bibliography
Index