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

by Weili Ye and Ye Weili

Book Overview

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

• 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"