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Esherick, Joseph

Ancestral leaves a family journey through Chinese history Joseph W. Esherick - Berkeley University of California Press 2011 - xvi, 374 p ill., maps 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

pt. 1. The imperial era -- Fleeing the Long Hairs -- Family roots -- Father, son, and family -- Rebellion -- Official life in the late Qing -- A time of transitions -- pt. 2. Republican China -- Doing business in Tianjin -- Growing up in Tianjin -- Student life in the 1930s -- War -- pt. 3. The People's Republic -- Family life in new China -- Hundred flowers and poisonous weeds -- The Cultural Revolution -- Epilogue: After the deluge -- Glossary of Chinese terms -- Selected Ye family bibliography.

ISBN: 0520266994 9780520266995 0520267001 (pbk.) 9780520267008 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ye family.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History -- General -- Family History -- Qing
History -- General -- Family History -- Republican Era
History -- General -- Family History -- Communist Era