Borderland Memories: Searching for Historical Identity in Post-Mao China

by Martin T. Fromm

Book Overview

In the 1980s, as China transitioned to the post-Mao era, a state-sponsored oral history project led to the publication of local, regional, and national histories. They took the form of written and transcribed personal testimonies of events that preceded the turmoil of both the Cultural Revolution and, in many cases, the Communist victory in 1949. Known as wenshi ziliao, these publications represent an intense process of historical memory production...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108469280
• ISBN13: 9781108469289
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"