000338907 000__ 02715cam\a2200373\a\4500 000338907 001__ 338907 000338907 005__ 20210513123257.0 000338907 008__ 080813r20092008nyuabf\\\\\\\\001\0ceng\\ 000338907 010__ $$a 2008035840 000338907 019__ $$a318522510 000338907 020__ $$a9780375425479 000338907 020__ $$a0375425470 000338907 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn232129581 000338907 035__ $$a338907 000338907 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dUPZ$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dCDX$$dSLV$$dCQU$$dLMR 000338907 0411_ $$aeng$$hchi 000338907 043__ $$aa-cc--- 000338907 049__ $$aISEA 000338907 05000 $$aCT1826$$b.X57 2009 000338907 08200 $$a951.0092/2$$222 000338907 1000_ $$aXinran,$$d1958- 000338907 24510 $$aChina witness :$$bvoices from a silent generation /$$cXinran ; translated from Chinese by Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell and Esther Tyldesley. 000338907 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed. 000338907 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPantheon Books,$$cc2009. 000338907 300__ $$a434 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill., map ;$$c24 cm. 000338907 500__ $$a"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2008"--T.p. verso. 000338907 500__ $$aIncludes index. 000338907 5050_ $$aYao Popo, or the Medicine Woman of Xingyi -- Two generations of the Lin family: the curse of a legend -- New discoveries in Xinjiang, the world's biggest prison -- On the road, interlude 1: interview with a north-western taxi driver -- Pioneers of China's oil: a distinguished husband and wife -- Acrobat: from counter-revolutionary's daughter to national medal winner -- On the road, interlude 2: talking to a Chinese colleague about Tibet, folk customs, tiger stoves and the Chinese Jews -- Tea houses and news singers: three thousand years of anecdotes and wonders -- Carrying on a craft tradition: the Qin Huai lantern-makers -- Across mountain and grassland: a witness to the Long March -- Savouring her blessings after trials and tribulations: the woman general born in America -- Interlude 3: love letters -- On the road, interlude 4: reflections between the lines -- The policeman: a cop who entered the police force as the People's Republic was founded -- The shoe-mender mother: 28 years spent out in all weathers -- On the road, interlude 5: a squall at the 4 May memorial -- Afterword: images of my motherland. 000338907 520__ $$aAn extraordinary work of oral history that illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and understand their own modern history. 000338907 651_0 $$aChina$$vBiography. 000338907 651_0 $$aChina$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000338907 85200 $$bgen$$hCT1826$$i.X57$$i2009 000338907 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008035840-b.html 000338907 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008035840-d.html 000338907 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008035840-t.html 000338907 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:338907$$pGLOBAL_SET 000338907 980__ $$aBIB 000338907 980__ $$aBOOK