Old Shanghai and the clash of revolution
By: X.L. Woo
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780875869964; 9780875869971; 9780875869988
Subjects: Family; Biography; Revolutions; History; Social life and customs; English teachers; Chinese Authors; Immigrants
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhood of Genghua in a capitalist family; title: Life little Genghua remembered under Japanese occupation; title: How Chinese people keep their festivals before 1949; title: Life of Wu family before Communist Party takes over Shanghai; title: The first two political movements have no effect on Wu family; title: How capitalists get first financial blow & how Genghua fares in middle school; title: Genghua's friend returns to Germany & capitalists get second financial blow; title: Anti-rightist movement has little effect on Wu family; title: The great leap-forward & steel-making movement; title: Genghua learns English from some old scholars & makes new friends; title: Tours in West-Suburb Park & to Suzhou City; title: Genghua makes more friends & Mrs. Wu's afraid to bribe the policeman; title: Capitalists get final financial blow in Cultural Revolution; title: Rebels seize power of local governments & armed fights begin the nation over; title: How Wu family fares in later period of Cultural Revolution; title: Wu family seeks help for permits to Hong Kong & Lin Biao dies; title: Genghua starts to translate classics & Cultural Revolution ends; title: Genghua gets jobs & shows his talent in English teaching; title: Genghua's friend Bai helps to get permits for his mother and brother to go to Hong Kong; title: Genghua gets married; title: How Genghua and his wife live and work; title: Genghua publishes his first book & has a daughter; title: Genghua and his family go to the United States.