Chairman Maos Children Generation and the Politics of Memory in China |
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| Author:
| Xu, Bin |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-92878-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2022 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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In the 1960s and 1970s, around 17 million Chinese youths were mobilized or forced by the state to migrate to rural villages and China's frontiers. Bin Xu tells the story of how this 'sent-down' generation have come to terms with their difficult past, caught between the political and the personal.
In the 1960s and 1970s, around 17 million Chinese youths were mobilized or forced by the state to migrate to rural villages and China's frontiers. Bin Xu tells the story of how this 'sent-down' generation have come to terms with their difficult past, caught between the political and the personal.