Growing Up in the People's Republic: Conversations Between Two Daughters of China's Revolution

by Weili Ye and Ye Weili

Book Overview

In a conversational style and in chronological sequence, Ye Weili and Ma Xiaodong recount their earlier lives in China from the 1950s to the 1980s, a particularly eventful period that included the catastrophic Cultural Revolution. Using their own stories as two case studies, they examine the making of a significant yet barely understood generation in recent Chinese history. They also reflect upon the mixed legacy of the early decades of the People's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403969965
• ISBN13: 9781403969965
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"