The Resource The tragedy of liberation : a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57, Frank Dikötter
The tragedy of liberation : a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57, Frank Dikötter
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The item The tragedy of liberation : a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57, Frank Dikötter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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The item The tragedy of liberation : a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57, Frank Dikötter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every aspect of Chinese life. In an epic of revolution and violence which draws on newly opened party archives, interviews and memoirs, Frank Dikötter interweaves the stories of millions of ordinary people with the brutal politics of Mao's court
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxi, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Originally published: 2013
- Isbn
- 9781408837603
- Label
- The tragedy of liberation : a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57
- Title
- The tragedy of liberation
- Title remainder
- a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57
- Statement of responsibility
- Frank Dikötter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every aspect of Chinese life. In an epic of revolution and violence which draws on newly opened party archives, interviews and memoirs, Frank Dikötter interweaves the stories of millions of ordinary people with the brutal politics of Mao's court
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dikötter, Frank
- Dewey number
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- 951'.055
- 951'.055
- 951.055
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- China
- China
- Mao, Zedong
- Communism
- Political violence
- Social change
- History
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- The tragedy of liberation : a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57, Frank Dikötter
- Note
- Originally published: 2013
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781408837603
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781408837603
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
- Label
- The tragedy of liberation : a history of the Chinese revolution, 1945-57, Frank Dikötter
- Note
- Originally published: 2013
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781408837603
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781408837603
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
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