LEADER 03942nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910826554303321 005 20230126204322.0 010 $a0-87586-998-X 035 $a(CKB)2560000000101747 035 $a(EBL)1363740 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000873105 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12392122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873105 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10866156 035 $a(PQKB)10122010 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1363740 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1363740 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10700174 035 $a(OCoLC)857365295 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000101747 100 $a20130328d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOld Shanghai and the clash of revolution /$fX.L. Woo 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87586-996-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChildhood of Genghua in a capitalist family -- Life little Genghua remembered under Japanese occupation -- How Chinese people keep their festivals before 1949 -- Life of Wu family before Communist Party takes over Shanghai -- The first two political movements have no effect on Wu family -- How capitalists get first financial blow & how Genghua fares in middle school -- Genghua's friend returns to Germany & capitalists get second financial blow -- Anti-rightist movement has little effect on Wu family -- The great leap-forward & steel-making movement -- Genghua learns English from some old scholars & makes new friends -- Tours in West-Suburb Park & to Suzhou City -- Genghua makes more friends & Mrs. Wu's afraid to bribe the policeman -- Capitalists get final financial blow in Cultural Revolution -- Rebels seize power of local governments & armed fights begin the nation over -- How Wu family fares in later period of Cultural Revolution -- Wu family seeks help for permits to Hong Kong & Lin Biao dies -- Genghua starts to translate classics & Cultural Revolution ends -- Genghua gets jobs & shows his talent in English teaching -- Genghua's friend Bai helps to get permits for his mother and brother to go to Hong Kong -- Genghua gets married -- How Genghua and his wife live and work -- Genghua publishes his first book & has a daughter -- Genghua and his family go to the United States. 330 $aLife in Shanghai played out against a backdrop of shifting political maneuvers until World War II burned off the patina that had made 'Old Shanghai' a world unto itself. In this personal history we follow one man through Japan's conquest of Shanghai in 1937 to the Chinese civil war and Communist takeover, Mao's desperate attempts to modernize a medieval country and Deng Xiaoping's opening the economy but not social freedoms. The protagonist lees burgeoning corruption and makes it to the United States to see for himself what the tales of freedom and democracy might offer. 606 $aRevolutions$xSocial aspects$zChina$zShanghai$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEnglish teachers$zChina$zShanghai$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, Chinese$vBiography 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aShanghai (China)$vBiography 607 $aShanghai (China)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 607 $aChina$xHistory$y1949-1976$vBiography 607 $aChina$xHistory$y1976-2002$vBiography 615 0$aRevolutions$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish teachers 615 0$aAuthors, Chinese 615 0$aImmigrants 676 $a951/.13205092 676 $aB 700 $aWoo$b X. L$0859198 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826554303321 996 $aOld Shanghai and the clash of revolution$94100901 997 $aUNINA