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Cohen, Paul A.

Speaking to history the story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China Story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China Paul A. Cohen ; with a foreword by John R. Gillis - Berkeley University of California Press c2009 - xxiv, 354 p. ill. 24 cm - Asia--local studies/global themes 16 .

A Philip E. Lilienthal book

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-337) and index

The Goujian story in antiquity -- The burden of national humiliation: late Qing and republican years -- The plight of Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan -- Crisis and response: the Woxin changdan fever of the early 1960s -- Political allegory in the 1980s: Xiao Jun and Bai Hua -- The Goujian story in a privatizing China -- Conclusion: cross-cultural perspectives.

ISBN: 9780520255791 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520255798 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Goujian d. 465 B.C.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History - Goujian - Modern Era