Wild swans : three daughters of China /
Chang, Jung, 1952-
Wild swans : three daughters of China / Jung Chang. - Special overseas edition. - 696 pages : portraits ; 20 cm
Includes index.
"Three-Inch Golden Lilies": Concubine to a Warlord General (1909-1933) -- "Even Plain Cold Water Is Sweet": My Grandmother Marries a Manchu Doctor (1933-1938) -- "They All Say What a Happy Place Manchukuo Is": Life under the Japanese (1938-1945) -- "Slaves Who Have No Country of Your Own": Ruled by Different Masters (1945-1947) -- "Daughter for Sale for 10 Kilos of Rice": In Battle for a New China (1947-1948) -- "Talking about Love": A Revolutionary Marriage (1948-1949) -- "Going through the Five Mountain Passes": My Mother's Long March (1949-1950) -- "Returning Home Robed in Embroidered Silk": To Family and Bandits (1949-1951) -- "When a Man Gets Power, Even His Chickens and Dogs Rise to Heaven": Living with an Incorruptible Man (1951-1953) -- "Suffering Will Make You a Better Communist": My Mother Falls under Suspicion (1953-1956) -- "After the Anti-Rightist Campaign No One Opens Their Mouth": China Silenced (1956-1958) -- "Capable Women Can Make a Meal without Food": Famine (1958-1962) -- "Thousand-Gold Little Precious": In a Privileged Cocoon (1958-1965) -- "Father Is Close, Mother Is Close, but Neither Is as Close as Chairman Mao": The Cult of Mao (1964-1965) -- "Destroy First, and Construction Will Look After Itself": The Cultural Revolution Begins (1965-1966) -- "Soar to Heaven, and Pierce the Earth": Mao's Red guards (June-August 1966) -- "Do You Want Our Children to Become 'Blacks'?": My Parents' Dilemma (August-October 1966) -- "More Than Gigantic Wonderful News": Pilgrimage to Peking (October-December 1966) -- "Where There Is a Will to Condemn, There Is Evidence": My Parents Tormented (December 1966-1967) -- "I Will Not Sell My Soul": My Father Arrested (1967-1968) -- "Giving Charcoal in Snow": My Siblings and My Friends (1967-1968) -- "Thought Reform through Labor": To the Edge of the Himalayas (January-June 1969) -- "The More Books You Read, the More Stupid You Become": I Work as a Peasant and a Barefoot Doctor (June 1969-1971) -- "Please Accept My Apologies That Come a Lifetime Too Late": My Parents in Camps (1969-1972) -- "The Fragrance of Sweet Wind": A New Life with The Electricians' Manual and Six Crises (1972-1973) -- "Sniffing after Foreigners' Farts and Calling Them Sweet": Learning English in Mao's Wake (1972-1974) -- "If This Is Paradise, What Then Is Hell?": The Death of My Father (1974-1976) -- Fighting to Take Wing (1976-1978). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
0006374921 9780006374923
Women--China--Biography
China--History--1949-1976
China--Social life and customs--1949-1976
951.05092
Wild swans : three daughters of China / Jung Chang. - Special overseas edition. - 696 pages : portraits ; 20 cm
Includes index.
"Three-Inch Golden Lilies": Concubine to a Warlord General (1909-1933) -- "Even Plain Cold Water Is Sweet": My Grandmother Marries a Manchu Doctor (1933-1938) -- "They All Say What a Happy Place Manchukuo Is": Life under the Japanese (1938-1945) -- "Slaves Who Have No Country of Your Own": Ruled by Different Masters (1945-1947) -- "Daughter for Sale for 10 Kilos of Rice": In Battle for a New China (1947-1948) -- "Talking about Love": A Revolutionary Marriage (1948-1949) -- "Going through the Five Mountain Passes": My Mother's Long March (1949-1950) -- "Returning Home Robed in Embroidered Silk": To Family and Bandits (1949-1951) -- "When a Man Gets Power, Even His Chickens and Dogs Rise to Heaven": Living with an Incorruptible Man (1951-1953) -- "Suffering Will Make You a Better Communist": My Mother Falls under Suspicion (1953-1956) -- "After the Anti-Rightist Campaign No One Opens Their Mouth": China Silenced (1956-1958) -- "Capable Women Can Make a Meal without Food": Famine (1958-1962) -- "Thousand-Gold Little Precious": In a Privileged Cocoon (1958-1965) -- "Father Is Close, Mother Is Close, but Neither Is as Close as Chairman Mao": The Cult of Mao (1964-1965) -- "Destroy First, and Construction Will Look After Itself": The Cultural Revolution Begins (1965-1966) -- "Soar to Heaven, and Pierce the Earth": Mao's Red guards (June-August 1966) -- "Do You Want Our Children to Become 'Blacks'?": My Parents' Dilemma (August-October 1966) -- "More Than Gigantic Wonderful News": Pilgrimage to Peking (October-December 1966) -- "Where There Is a Will to Condemn, There Is Evidence": My Parents Tormented (December 1966-1967) -- "I Will Not Sell My Soul": My Father Arrested (1967-1968) -- "Giving Charcoal in Snow": My Siblings and My Friends (1967-1968) -- "Thought Reform through Labor": To the Edge of the Himalayas (January-June 1969) -- "The More Books You Read, the More Stupid You Become": I Work as a Peasant and a Barefoot Doctor (June 1969-1971) -- "Please Accept My Apologies That Come a Lifetime Too Late": My Parents in Camps (1969-1972) -- "The Fragrance of Sweet Wind": A New Life with The Electricians' Manual and Six Crises (1972-1973) -- "Sniffing after Foreigners' Farts and Calling Them Sweet": Learning English in Mao's Wake (1972-1974) -- "If This Is Paradise, What Then Is Hell?": The Death of My Father (1974-1976) -- Fighting to Take Wing (1976-1978). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
0006374921 9780006374923
Women--China--Biography
China--History--1949-1976
China--Social life and customs--1949-1976
951.05092