| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; List of Abbreviations; Chronology of Mao's China; Introduction: Living under Mao; Part I: 'Foreign comrades'; 1. Into Mao's China; 2. Identities and roles; 3. Interactions; Part II: POW 'turncoats'; 4. Choosing China; 5. Disenchantment; Part III: Diplomats; 6. 'The world within'; 7. Licensed contacts and beyond; 8. Cold War diplomacy; Part IV: Correspondents; 9. 'Our life and hard times'; 10. The web of relationships; 11. 'Dateline-Peking'; Part V: 'Foreign experts'; 12. Helping China?; 13. Personal and political dynamics; Part VI: Students |
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14. Studying, Maoist style15. Breaking down the barriers?; Part VII: The Western community(ies); 16. Across divides; 17. After Mao; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Foreigners under Mao: Western Lives in China, 1949-1976 is a pioneering study of the Western community during the turbulent Mao era. Based largely on personal interviews, memoirs, private letters, and archives, this book 'gives a voice' to the Westerners who lived under Mao. It shows that China was not as closed to Western residents as has often been portrayed. The book examines the lives of six different groups of Westerners: 'foreign comrades' who made their home in Mao's China, twenty-two former Korean War POWs who controversially chose China ahead of repatriation, diplomats of Western coun |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Visitors, Foreign -- China -- History
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Visitors, Foreign
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789888313754 |
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9888313754 |
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