China day by day

By Eileen Hsu-Balzer and Eileen Hsü-Balzer

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300017529
• ISBN13: 9780300017526
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 148 Pages

Customer Reviews

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"Here is a book that evokes the fabric and rhythm of life in today's China. Written by two Chinese-speaking anthropologists and including superb documentary photographs, it is a beautiful and learned book. The authors, a father and his daughter and son-in-law, saw their many relatives throughout China and traveled unencumbered by guides and interpreters. They spent time in communes, factories, schools, universities, government offices and workers' homes, meeting people from all walks of life and talking freely with family and friends. Richard Balzer's phtographs are complemented by sensitive and informative text. In the first part, the distinguished anthropologist Francis L. K. Hsu compares what is new with what is old in modern China, emphasizing the continuity of values in Post-Liberation society. In the second, Eileen Hsu-Balzer presents detailed information about the way in which people live, work, study, and relax. She describes intimate aspects of Chinese life - a traditional courtship taking place in a contemporary setting; exercise period at a commine; the daily routine at an ivory-carving factory. The remarkable photographs and perceptive text of this book bring the reader close to China and make its people come alive on a human level as never before."