| "Socialism Is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China Contributor(s): Zhang, Lijia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307472191 ISBN-13: 9780307472199 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: This spirited memoir--by a former Chinese factory worker who participated in the Tiananmen Square protest and ended up an international journalist--is a testament to Zhang's personal triumph over the controlled existence that was to be her destiny. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | Asia - China - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008053102 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.80 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With a great charm and spirit, "Socialism Is Great " recounts Lijia Zhang's rebellious journey from disillusioned factory worker to organizer in support of the Tiananmen Square demonstrators, to eventually become the writer and journalist she always determined to be. Her memoir is like a brilliant miniature illuminating the sweeping historical forces at work in China after the Cultural Revolution as the country moved from one of stark repression to a vibrant, capitalist economy. |