Zürcher / Zouw Three Months in Mao's China

Between the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-90-485-3157-8
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten

Reihe: Asian HistoryAcumen Research Editions

In the fall of 1964, sinologist Erik Zürcher travelled to China for the first time, a country he had been studying since 1947. A collection of Zürcher's personal writings from his trip, including letters and diary entries, Three Months in Mao's China offers not only new insights about the great scholar, but also a rich picture of communist China, which was in those days still almost completely inaccessible to Westerners.

During a tumultuous time in world politics, as Nikita Khrushchev was deposed, Lyndon Johnson won the US presidential election against Barry Goldwater, and China became a nuclear power, Zürcher experienced the reality of China under Mao Zedong. Only recently discovered, these documents portray, viewed through an expert's eye, a land in the midst of its own massive political, social, and economic change. Both a fascinating account by an informed outsider and a reminder of just how much China and the rest of the world have changed over the last fifty years, this is essential reading for anyone interested in East Asia and Asian history as a whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zürcher, Erik-Jan

van der Zouw, Kim

Weitere Mitwirkende

Collingwood, Vivien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover Contents Introduction From Moscow to Beijing Letter 1: Beijing, 24 September Letter 2: Beijing, 3 October Letter 3: Beijing, 10 October Letter 4: Beijing, 18 October Letter 5: Beijing, 23 October Letter 6: Beijing, 25 October Letter 7: Beijing, 29 October Letter 8: Beijing, 1 November To Xi’an and Luoyang Letter 9: Luoyang, 9 November From Beijing to Guangzhou Letter 10: Beijing, 14 November Letter 11: Nanjing, 22 November Letter 12: Suzhou, 29 November Letter 13: Shanghai, 6 December Letter 14: Guangzhou, 13 December Letter 15: Guangzhou, 19 December Letter 16: Hong Kong, Saturday 26 December

Über Autor(innen)

Zürcher, Erik-Jan
Erik-Jan Zürcher is director of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as well as member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Turkish Studies at Leiden University.

Collingwood, Vivien
Rob de Wijk is the Director of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Professor of International Relations and Security at the Campus the Hague of Leiden University. He was previously a Professor in the field of International Relations at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy and Head of the Defense Concepts Department at the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

van der Zouw, Kim
Kim van der Zouw is an editor and translator.

Zürcher Erik-Jan:

Erik-Jan Zürcher is director of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as well as member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Turkish Studies at Leiden University.Zouw Kim:

Kim van der Zouw is an editor and translator.Collingwood Vivien:

Rob de Wijk is the Director of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Professor of International Relations and Security at the Campus the Hague of Leiden University. He was previously a Professor in the field of International Relations at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy and Head of the Defense Concepts Department at the Dutch Ministry of Defense.