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London: W.H. Allen, 1960. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Small 8vo, 212pp, b&w photographs by the author. Clark was a Canadian journalist and Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Montreal Star newspaper, one of just a few journalists permitted to visit Red China; he documents the enormous transformations in China. Pictorial dj, title in white on black dj spine.
Impatient Giant, Red China Today by Clark, Gerald - 1959
by Clark, Gerald
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Impatient Giant, Red China Today
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NY: David McKay Co. / Story Press, 1959 NEAR-FINE/VERY GOOD First Edition. A very handsome 1st printing. Crimson boards nearly perfect, previous owner's markings on endpaper, all else as-new. Unclipped DJ has a few short closed tears. 5.75" by 8.25", 212 pristine pages, two sections of glossy b&w photographs. - - - Famous Canadian journalist and Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Montreal Star newspaper, Gerald Clark, writes about life behind the 'bamboo curtain' in Red China in the 1950's. At the time, he was one of only a handful of journalists from the West allowed to visit. Clark documents the greatest social transformation of the 20th century, the leadership of Mao Tse-tung, education, agriculture, science, prisons, medicine, women, and the military. The author was co-writer and narrator of CBS's "The Face of Red China", which won the Emmy and Sylvania Awards for the best TV documentary of 1958.. Hard Cover.
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- Keywords Clark documents the greatest social transformation of the 20th century, the leadership of Mao Tse-tung, education, agriculture, science, prisons, medicine, women, and the military. The author was co-writer and narrator of CBS's "The Face of Red
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Impatient Giant Red China Today
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Impatient Giant Red China Today
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New York, NY: David McKay Company, Inc.. Good in Good dust jacket;. 1959. 3rd Printing stated. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Ex-Library, Book Show Wear, Water Stained, Dust Jacket Rubbed With Mylar Cover on dust jacket, Illustrated Black & White Photos .
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Van Rees Press, NY, 1959. hardcover dustjacket. very good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Wear to dust cover, clean text, good or better copy, mimor foxing on page edges, email or call for further information
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