@article{1481718,
      recid = {1481718},
      author = {Cochran, Sherman,},
      title = {The Lius of Shanghai /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution,  the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the  stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache  of letters from one of China's most prominent and  influential families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds new light  on this tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh  take us inside the Lius' world to explore how the family  laid the foundation for a business dynasty before the war  and then confronted the challenges of war, civil unrest,  and social upheaval. Cochran and Hsieh gained access to a  rare collection containing a lifetime of letters exchanged  by the patriarch, Liu Hongsheng, his wife, Ye Suzhen, and  their twelve children. Their correspondence offers a  fascinating look at how a powerful family navigated the  treacherous politics of the period. They discuss sensitive  issues-should the family collaborate with the Japanese  occupiers? should it flee after the communist takeover?-as  well as intimate domestic matters like marital infidelity.  They also describe the agonies of wartime separation,  protracted battles for control of the family firm, and the  parents' struggle to maintain authority in the face of  swiftly changing values. Through it all, the distinctive  voices of the Lius shine through. Cochran and Hsieh's  engaging prose reveals how each member of the family felt  the ties that bound them together. More than simply a  portrait of a memorable family, The Lius of Shanghai tells  the saga of modern China from the inside out.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1481718},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674073845},
}