Daughter of Good Fortune
Author | : Chen Huiqin |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2015-04-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780295806020 |
ISBN-13 | : 0295806028 |
Rating | : 4/5 (028 Downloads) |
Download or read book Daughter of Good Fortune written by Chen Huiqin and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daughter of Good Fortune tells the story of Chen Huiqin and her family through the tumultuous 20th century in China. She witnessed the Japanese occupation during World War II, the Communist Revolution in 1949 and its ensuing Land Reform, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Reform Era. Chen was born into a subsistence farming family, became a factory worker, and lived through her village’s relocation to make way for economic development. Her family’s story of urbanization is representative of hundreds of millions of rural Chinese.