Will the boat sink the water? : the life of China's peasants / Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao ; translate...
Will the boat sink the water? : the life of China's peasants / Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao ; translate...
Will the boat sink the water? : the life of China's peasants / Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao ; translated by Zhu Hong.
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Publisher
New York : PublicAffairs ; [London : Perseus Running, distributor], c2006.
Call Numbers
N305.5633/ 5
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Language
English
Chinese
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxv, 229 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Post-liberation time line of events important to peasants -- 1. The martyr -- 2. The village tyrant -- 3. The long and the short of the "antitax uprising" -- 4. The long road -- 5. A vicious circle -- 6. The search for a way out.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : PublicAffairs ; [London : Perseus Running, distributor], c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2006.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Told through a series of individual dramatic narratives, Will the Boat Sink the Water? gives voice to the unheard masses and looks beneath the glossy surface of the new China to show what daily life is like for its millions of rural poor."--BOOK JACKET....
Alternative Titles
Full title
Will the boat sink the water? : the life of China's peasants / Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao ; translated by Zhu Hong.
Notes
General note
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
Translated from the Chinese.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c2006.
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Call Numbers
N305.5633/ 5
Record Identifier
74VKJqrGo26X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJqrGo26X
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781586483586 :
1586483587 (hbk.) :
DDC
305.56330951
MMS ID
991022092719702626
