A Daughter Of Han The Autobiography Of A Chinese Working Woman
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A Daughter Of Han The Autobiography Of A Chinese Working Woman
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Author : Lao Tʻai-tʻai Ning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
A Daughter Of Han The Autobiography Of A Chinese Working Woman written by Lao Tʻai-tʻai Ning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with China categories.
A Daughter Of Han
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Author : Ning (Lao Tʻai-tʻai)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
A Daughter Of Han written by Ning (Lao Tʻai-tʻai) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with China categories.
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language : en
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Release Date : 1946
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Author : Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2016-01-18
A Daughter Of Han written by Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-18 with History categories.
Within the common destiny is the individual destiny. So it is that through the telling of one Chinese peasant woman's life, a vivid vision of Chinese history and culture is illuminated. Over the course of two years, Ida Pruitt—a bicultural social worker, writer, and contributor to Sino-American understanding—visited with Ning Lao T'ai-ta'i, three times a week for breakfast. These meetings, originally intended to elucidate for Pruitt traditional Chinese family customs of which Lao T'ai-t'ai possessed some insight, became the foundation for an enduring friendship. As Lao T'ai-t'ai described the cultural customs of her family, and of the broader community of which they were a part, she invoked episodes from her own personal history to illustrate these customs, until eventually the whole of her life lay open before her new confidante. Pruitt documented this story, casting light not only onto Lao T'ai-t'ai's own biography, but onto the character of life for the common man of China, writ large. The final product is a portrayal of China that is “vividly and humanly revealed.” “This is surely the warmest, most human document that has ever come out of China....The report of her life and labors has the lasting symbolic quality of literature.”—The American Journal of Sociology “No recent book has better portrayed the common man in China....This short autobiography is right in description of Chinese Social customs....In writing this book, Ida Pruitt has rendered a great service to the Chinese people...She has written a personal story through which the spirit of the common people of China is vividly and humanly revealed.”—Pacific Affairs “This book opens a window into the Chinese world. Although the story is of one Chinese woman, the events of her life reach out into the experiences of many other people. They are a part of that wider social and imaginary world from which the Chinese draw meaning to their life.”—The Far Eastern Quarterly
Wild Swans
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Author : Jung Chang
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-06-20
Wild Swans written by Jung Chang and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history—a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author. An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord’s concubine; her mother’s struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents’ experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a “barefoot doctor,” a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures in gripping, moving—and ultimately uplifting—detail the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.
China S American Daughter
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Author : Marjorie King
language : en
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Release Date : 2006
China S American Daughter written by Marjorie King and has been published by Chinese University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. She was the first Director of Social Service at the Peking Union Medical College, where she established social casework in China. She later served as the executive secretary of the American Committee in Support of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, the only U.S. aid agency to provide support to both Nationalist and Communist regions during the Chinese Civil War. She was also one of the early advocates for U.S. diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China. Her two notable books, A Daughter of Han: the Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman, Ning Lao T'ait'ai and Old Madam Yin: A Memoir of Peking, 19261938, have become classics in Chinese Studies and Women's Studies." -- Publisher's description.
Women Shall Not Rule
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Author : Keith McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2013-06-06
Women Shall Not Rule written by Keith McMahon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with History categories.
Chinese emperors guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, in some cases hundreds and even thousands. Women Shall Not Rule offers a fascinating history of imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony—rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Besides ambitious empresses and concubines, these vivid stories of the imperial polygamous family are also populated with prolific emperors, wanton women, libertine men, cunning eunuchs, and bizarre cases of intrigue and scandal among rival wives. Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe the values and ideals of imperial polygamy and the ways in which it worked and did not work in real life. His rich sources are both historical and fictional, including poetic accounts and sensational stories told in pornographic detail. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.
Son Of The Revolution
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Author : Liang Heng
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1984-02-12
Son Of The Revolution written by Liang Heng and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-02-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An account of growing up during China's Great Cultural Revolution.
Exemplary Women Of Early China
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Author : Anne Behnke Kinney
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-18
Exemplary Women Of Early China written by Anne Behnke Kinney and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-18 with History categories.
When should a woman disobey her father, contradict her husband, or shape the policy of a ruler? According to the Lienü zhuan, or Categorized Biographies of Women, it is not only appropriate but necessary for women to offer counsel when fathers, husbands, sons, and rulers stray from virtue. The earliest Chinese text devoted to the moral education of women, the Lienü zhuan was compiled by Liu Xiang (79–8 B.C.E.) at the end of the Han dynasty (202 B.C.E.–9 C.E.) and recounts the deeds of both virtuous and wicked women. Informed by early legends, fictionalized historical accounts, and formal speeches on statecraft, the text taught generations of Chinese women to cultivate filial piety and maternal kindness and undertake such practices as suicide and self-mutilation to preserve chastity and reform wayward men. The Lienü zhuan’s stories inspired artists for a millennium and found their way into local and dynastic histories. An innovative work for its time, the text remains a critical tool for mapping women’s social, political, and domestic roles at a formative time in China’s development.
Women And The Family In Chinese History
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Author : Patricia Buckley Ebrey
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
Women And The Family In Chinese History written by Patricia Buckley Ebrey and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Family & Relationships categories.
This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, it explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship systems and places them in a historical context.