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Last Boat Out of Shanghai

The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

Last Boat Out of Shanghai( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Zia, Helen
ISBN:978-0-345-52232-0
Publication Date:Jan 2019
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Ballantine Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $28.00
Book Description:

The dramatic, real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist Revolution-a precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today. Shanghai has historically been China's jewel, its richest, most modern city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao's proletarian revolution emerged victorious from the long civil war. Terrified...
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Book Details
Pages:528
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Refugees
Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies
History / Asia / China
Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.474 x 9.438 x 1.755 Inches
Book Weight:1.962 Pounds
Author Biography
Zia, Helen (Author)
Helen Zia, a graduate of Princeton University's first co-educational class, is an award-winning journalist who has covered Asian American communities & political movements for twenty years. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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