| Daughter of Good Fortune: A Twentieth-Century Chinese Peasant Memoir Contributor(s): Chen Huiqin (Author), Chen, Shehong (With), Davin, Delia (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0295994924 ISBN-13: 9780295994925 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Women's Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: 951 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.48" W x 8.56" (0.94 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daughter of Good Fortune tells the story of Chen Huiqin and her family through the tumultuous 20th century in China. She witnessed the Japanese occupation during World War II, the Communist Revolution in 1949 and its ensuing Land Reform, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Reform Era. Chen was born into a subsistence farming family, became a factory worker, and lived through her village's relocation to make way for economic development. Her family's story of urbanization is representative of hundreds of millions of rural Chinese. |