Shenfan : [The Continuing Revolution in a Chinese Village] [Shansi, Land of the Oxhide Lanterns; Return to Shangtang; Propaganda Team; Flash Floods & Feudalism; Yamens, New & Old; Wheat Planting; All About Pigs; Learning from Tachai; etc]
by Hinton, William. [maps, Anita Karl, Kim Kemp; book design, Lilly Langotsky; jacket design, Bob Silverman; calligraphy, Carma Hinton; photos, Richard Gordon]
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New York : Random House, 1983., 1983. Very Good. 1st edition, [1st printing] ; xxxix, 785 pp., [16] pp. of plates with color photographs ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0394481429 LCCN: 82-5270 ; OCLC: 8347742 ; LC: HD1333.C6 ; Dewey: 307.7/2/095117 ; red and black cloth with gold lettering, in red, gold and white dustjacket with a little wear ; "William Hinton first visited China in 1937. On his third trip, for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in 1947, he stayed on in the liberated area of north China as a tractor technician a nd teacher until 1953. It was during that time that he lived in Long Bow and gathered material for his classic work, 'Fanshen : A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village'. In 1971, he was invited back to China by Chou En-lai and spent three months in Long Bow village. Out of that visit came the idea for 'Shenfan', a second look at the ongoing revolution in China through the eyes of the villagers of Long Bow." ; VG/G
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- Shenfan : [The Continuing Revolution in a Chinese Village] [Shansi, Land of the Oxhide Lanterns; Return to Shangtang; Propaganda Team; Flash Floods & Feudalism; Yamens, New & Old; Wheat Planting; All About Pigs; Learning from Tachai; etc]
- Author
- Hinton, William. [maps, Anita Karl, Kim Kemp; book design, Lilly Langotsky; jacket design, Bob Silverman; calligraphy, Carma Hinton; photos, Richard Gordon]
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- Used - Very Good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York : Random House, 1983.
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- shansi shenfan tachai communism land reform communes traditions rural country farming chinese cultural revolution mao tse tung zedong propaganda party great leap forward liu shao ch'i
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