Lius of Shanghai

Klappentext From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution! a cache of letters from one of China's prominent families! the Lius of Shanghai! sheds light on a tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh show how the family confronted war! civil unrest! and social upheaval! and how-in the midst of it all-they built a vast business empire. Zusammenfassung From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, a cache of letters from one of China’s prominent families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds light on a tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh show how the family confronted war, civil unrest, and social upheaval, and how—in the midst of it all—they built a vast business empire.

Product details

• Authors: Sherman Cochran, Sherman Hsieh Cochran, Cochran Sherman, Andrew Hsieh, Hsieh Andrew
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2013
• EAN: 9780674072596
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07259-6
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; China, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Diaries, letters and journals, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General