Ancestral leaves
Subtitle: a family journey through Chinese history
By: Joseph W. Esherick
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520266995; 9780520267008
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The imperial era; title: Fleeing the Long Hairs; title: Family roots; title: Father, son, and family; title: Rebellion; title: Official life in the late Qing; title: A time of transitions; title: pt. 2. Republican China; title: Doing business in Tianjin; title: Growing up in Tianjin; title: Student life in the 1930s; title: War; title: pt. 3. The People's Republic; title: Family life in new China; title: Hundred flowers and poisonous weeds; title: The Cultural Revolution; title: Epilogue: After the deluge; title: Glossary of Chinese terms; title: Selected Ye family bibliography.