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THE CHINESE JOURNALS OF L. K. LITTLE, 1943-54
AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF WAR AND REVOLUTION |
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Chihyun Chang (Editor), Robert Bickers (Editor), Catherine Ladds |
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Hardback |
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£625.00 |
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£606.25 |
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ISBN 10: |
1848934874 |
ISBN 13: |
9781848934870 |
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Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
30 September, 2017 |
Series: |
The Making of Modern China |
Pages: |
1200 |
Description: |
Lester Knox Little (1892-1981) kept a detailed journal of his time in China and Taiwan. Covering the years 1943 to 1954 it provides rich new materials for understanding conditions in Chongqing and post-war Shanghai, as well as allowing a unique insight into the heart of government during a time of intense social and political change. |
Synopsis: |
Lester Knox Little kept a detailed journal of his time in China and Taiwan. Covering the years 1943 to 1954 it provides important new insights about some of the most dramatic episodes in China's mid-twentieth century history: Sino-Japanese military and economic competition, China's domestic political struggle between the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party, and the post-war/Cold War balance of power in Southeast and East Asia. It also contains rich first-hand materials for understanding conditions in Chongqing and post-war Shanghai, the last years of the Republic of China on the Chinese mainland and its early years in Taiwan, and a new inner history of his beloved Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Little's account, with his insightful comments and explicit descriptions, provides us with a continuous record from the viewpoint of a capable American citizen in Chinese employ who felt responsible for his Chinese and foreign colleagues and for the modernisation of 'Free China', as well as allowing a unique insight into the heart of government during a time of intense social and political change.In addition to the original texts, this edition includes extensive explanatory notes providing detailed contextual information regarding the people and places mentioned. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd |
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