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Author: Cecil Beaton Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 200
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This volume presents the superb photographs and vivid commentary of Cecil Beaton's voyage to China amid the chaos of World War II. The more than 200 illustrations offer gripping images, from moving portraits of anonymous peasants to the familiar face of General Chennault, and Beaton's narrative brings alive the range of experiences of a vast nation at war--from urban squalor to the front lines, from long hours of tedium to bursts of frenzied action. Both a unique tour of China and a remarkable historical account, the Chinese Diary and Album makes for enthralling reading.
Author: Cecil Beaton Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
This volume presents the superb photographs and vivid commentary of Cecil Beaton's voyage to China amid the chaos of World War II. The more than 200 illustrations offer gripping images, from moving portraits of anonymous peasants to the familiar face of General Chennault, and Beaton's narrative brings alive the range of experiences of a vast nation at war--from urban squalor to the front lines, from long hours of tedium to bursts of frenzied action. Both a unique tour of China and a remarkable historical account, the Chinese Diary and Album makes for enthralling reading.
Author: Richard Bernstein Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307743217 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 466
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At the beginning of 1945, relations between America and the Chinese Communists couldn’t have been closer. Chinese leaders talked of America helping to lift China out of poverty; Mao Zedong himself held friendly meetings with U.S. emissaries. By year’s end, Chinese Communist soldiers were setting ambushes for American marines; official cordiality had been replaced by chilly hostility and distrust, a pattern which would continue for a quarter century, with the devastating wars in Korea and Vietnam among the consequences. In China 1945, Richard Bernstein tells the incredible story of the sea change that took place during that year—brilliantly analyzing its far-reaching components and colorful characters, from diplomats John Paton Davies and John Stewart Service to Time journalist, Henry Luce; in addition to Mao and his intractable counterpart, Chiang Kai-shek, and the indispensable Zhou Enlai. A tour de force of narrative history, China 1945 examines American power coming face-to-face with a formidable Asian revolutionary movement, and challenges familiar assumptions about the origins of modern Sino-American relations.
Author: Cecil Beaton Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 192
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Cecil Beaton Was Sent To Far East During World War Ii To Take Photographs Of The Empire And Its Allies At War - The Result A Collection Of Superb Photographs Of India And Burma - A Selection Of Which Is Reproduced Here Together With India And Burma Sections Of His Travel Diary. His Images In Black And White Are Accompanied By Penetrating Portraits In Words Which Provide Entertaining Accounts Of His Experiences - 5 Chapters - Indian Album - Foreword - Photographs - Lavishly Illustrated.
Author: Dorothy Hoobler Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780195124217 Category : Chinese Americans Languages : en Pages : 0
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Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the heartache and joy of the Chinese American experience.
Author: Dorothy Hoobler Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 136
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The Chinese American Family Album is a scrapbook of family letters and diary entries, official documents, newspaper articles, and excerpts from literature of the past and present--a personal remembrance of an extended family of Chinese immigrants and their descendants. As we read, we begin to know this family almost as well as our own. The letters written by the new immigrants to the folks left behind in China allow us to feel the ache of leaving home and family behind. Clippings from newspapers and personal memories tell of the pain and fear and prejudice in the new country. We learn about the building of the transcontinental railroad and how Chinese immigrants were the backbone of the work force, tailing long hours under the worst conditions. We see Chinatowns spring up wherever the immigrants landed, and we see how the traditions and culture of China were both preserved and altered as the immigrants became Americanized. But we also share the joy of first sighting the new homeland. We follow families through the generations and see how they are living now and what they have brought to our country. We read about famous Chinese Americans who have risen to the top of their fields, such as athlete Michael Chang, author Amy Tan, musician Yo-Yo Ma, and Senator Hiram Fong. And we see wonderful faces--husbands alone in the new world, families reunited, new babies, grandparents. The unique, carefully researched photographs make the participants in the Chinese American experience real people who have an impact on our lives. Thomas and Dorothy Hoobler's The Chinese American Family Album makes the past experiences of these immigrants--and those of their sons and daughters in all the generations since--as real and immediate as the stories told by a favorite grandmother. They bring us in, like an embrace, to the all-encompassing, ever-growing, multicultural family of Americans. The titles in the American Family Albums series tell the multicolored and often heroic stories of American immigrant groups, largely through their own words and pictures. Like any family album or scrapbook, the pages contain many period photographs and other memorabilia. These join with original documents--including selections from diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspapers--to bring the immigrant experience vividly to life.
Author: Travel Gifts Book Store Publisher: ISBN: 9781701092761 Category : Languages : en Pages : 122
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Wonderful holiday and travel diary with pages to fill This Book is for Personal emergency information information about your hotel (address, phone number etc) packing lists Checklists Area for emergency contacts, friends and family Information about your trip This Book is for: holiday Wanderer Travelers Camper Backpacker Friends of Nature globetrotter for what , this book is: notebook Diary travel diary Hiking Diary Pilgrim Diary Photo Album holiday memories Or simply as a beautiful book for everyday use Further information on the book: 120 pages 6x9 inches approx DIN A5L Mattes Softcover (fits comfortably in the hand) cream-colored paper Do you know a tourist who soon begins his next trip? Then this book is perfect as a small gift. Whether as a parting gift, a birthday, Christmas or just because. About this book everyone is pleased is in the holiday mood.
Author: Jeffrey Crean Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 135023396X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 193
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The real and potential power of China, the world's most populous nation, has long been seen as a threat by its smaller neighbors and global powers alike. The Fear of Chinese Power provides a history of this perceived threat from the 1880s to the present day, and offers rich historical context to an enduring and current concern. Focusing on the United States, but also exploring perceptions from Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union and Japan, this book asks why these fears exist and shows how they have played out on both a strategic, diplomatic level, and in the public sphere. Taking a chronological approach, the chapters explore themes such as western opposition to Chinese immigration, international views of China's new republic, hopes of friendship during the rule of Chiang Kai-Shek, the Korean and Cold Wars, Communist China's economic growth, the Chinese in popular culture and China as a modern global power. Taking economic, military and cultural vantage points into account, The Fear of Chinese Power explains why a powerful China has been a mainstay of the western imagination since the 19th century, and reveals a history which has shaped international perceptions of China to the present day.
Author: John Leidinger Publisher: ISBN: 9781711933856 Category : Languages : en Pages : 112
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Notebook with individual and unique cover Nice pocketbook to give away for your family or friends. Make a special gift to them with this empty book. notebook Diary travel diary Hiking Diary Pilgrim Diary Photo Album holiday memories Further information about the book: 110 pages Lined 6x9 inches approx DIN-A5 Matt softcover (feels comfortable in your hand) Cream-colored paper For more beautiful covers, just click on our author name
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