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Author Cohen, Paul A.

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

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 354 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Asia--local studies/global themes ; 16
Asia--local studies/global themes ; 16.
Note A Philip E. Lilienthal book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex 5th-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during the 20th century, but remains little known in the West. This book explores the story's connections to the major traumas of the 20th century, and also considers why such stories remain unknown to outsiders.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Goujian, -465 B.C.
Goujian, -465 B.C.
Goujian, -465 B.C.
China -- History -- 20th century.
China.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Gillis, John R.
Added Title Story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China
Other Form: Print version: Cohen, Paul A. Speaking to history. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008013446
ISBN 9780520942394 (electronic book)
0520942396 (electronic book)
1283291746
9781283291743
9780520255791 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520255798 (cloth ; alkaline paper)