World Turned Upside Down. A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Hardback - Yang Jisheng

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Publisher: ...

The definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Illustrations: 1 Graph, 5 Tables, and 1 Map in Text / Note...

Publisher: PicadorAuthor(s): Yang JishengTranslator: Guo JianNumber of pages: 768Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 209 x 36Cover type: Paperb...

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Publisher: ...

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China's convulsive Cultural Revolution was conceived in 1966 as a 'great revolution that would touch the people to their very souls'. How are we to...

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Chenxin JiangNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 19Cover type:...

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This lively anthology explores the impact of the art, images and ideas associated with Maoism on artistic practices around the world from 1945 to t...

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Focusing on the influence of Maoist ideology and masculinist power on the representations of women in revolutionary opera films made during the Cul...

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More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in C...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Christopher (Assistant Professor of History, Howard University) TozziNumber of pages: 336Collection: History of ...

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From the cooling fountains of the Alhambra to the imposing palace grounds of Chinese emperors and the clean lines of the formal French parterre, th...

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Publisher: Chronicle BooksAuthor(s): Stephen BarrIllustration(s): Jacketed hardcover, Full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 48Publica...

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Publisher: University of California PressIllustration(s): 42 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 322Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 178 x 253 x 31C...

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The first book for the western market on the ancient Chinese medicine that is Yang sheng (meaning 'nourished life')Publisher: Hardie Grant Books (U...

A thrilling study of the key elements of great - and fair - leadership, illuminated by real stories from historyIllustrations: B&W Integrated

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Upside-Down Fridays turn Hugo the monkey's routine into chaos and fill his tummy with butterflies. Find out how he learns to find the fun in change...

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A jazz critic, an anarchist, a chemist, a cad... and the biggest drug bust in UK historyPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): James WyllieIllu...

Award-winning author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Mie...

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Publisher: ABC-CLIOAuthor(s): Jiawen YangNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 222 x 141 x 20Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmec...

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A concise explanation of a still controversial movement. Even as we approach its 50th anniversary, the Chinese Communist Party will not allow open ...