The People's Doctor: George Hatem and China's Revolution

by Edgar A. Porter

The young George Hatem journeyed to Shanghai in 1933 to practice medicine and see the sights. The deplorable health and social conditions he found there caused his sympathies to veer quickly to the revolutionary efforts of the Chinese Communist party, and before long he joined the underground Party members in conspiratorial meetings and activities. In 1936 he left Shanghai on a secret Province after completing the Long March. For the next 14 years,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824818407
• ISBN13: 9780824818401
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"