Song Full of Tears: Nine Centuries of Chinese Life Around Xiang Lake
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Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and military crises, how the Chinese reacted to changes, threats, and opportunities, and how they dealt with one another and the world of nature and the environment. Until the 18th century, Xiang Lake, in the province of Zheijiang, was the stage for morality battles between loyalty and betrayal, chastity and impurity, civic virtue and private greed. After the 18th century, concerns about ecology, public rights, and technology emerged as elements in the struggle, and in the 20th century, the fate of the lake became linked to national political developments and then to technological and ecological realities. Song Full of Tears shows how Chinese views of life, society, and nature both changed and remained constant through the centuries. The paperback will include a new epilogue by the author.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813340209
ISBN13:9780813340203
Release Date:November 2002
Publisher:Basic Books
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent work on the Zhejiang region
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I read Dr. Schoppa's 1989 release (Xiang Lake) for his course in Chinese history in my undergraduate years at Valparaiso. This book is excellent. Not only is it engaging, but accurately reflects nine centuries of life around a lake in the Zhejiang region of China. Schoppa's writing is engaging and his subject matter is well researched.
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