Speaking to history : the story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China / Paul A. Cohen ; with a foreword by John R. Gillis.

Author/creator Cohen, Paul A.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxxiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title Story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China
SeriesAsia--local studies/global themes ; 16
Asia--local studies/global themes 16. ^A671633
Contents 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.
General noteA Philip E. Lilienthal book.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-337) and index.
LCCN 2008013446
ISBN9780520255791 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520255798 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS 774.5 .C8 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold