Song Full of Tears: Nine Centuries of Chinese Life Around Xiang Lake

by R. Keith Schoppa

Book Overview

Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crises, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats, and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and the world of nature and the environment. Until the 18th century, Xiang Lake, in the province of Zheijiang, was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813340209
• ISBN13: 9780813340203
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent work on the Zhejiang region

I read Dr. Schoppa's 1989 release (Xiang Lake) for his course in Chinese history in my undergraduate years at Valparaiso. This book is excellent. Not only is it engaging, but accurately reflects nine centuries of life around a lake in the Zhejiang region of China. Schoppa's writing is engaging and his subject matter is well researched.