Mandate Of Heaven: A New Generation Of Entrepreneurs, Dissidents, Bohemians, And Technocrats Lays Claim To China's Future.
by Orville Schell
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0671701320
- ISBN 13
- 9780671701321
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New York, NY Simon & Schuster, 1994. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows a tiny ding at the bottom edge of the front panel; just a hint of shelf wear; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows barely discernible rubbing; else flawless; price unclipped. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 464pp. Hardback with DJ. In the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, observes Schell, a generation in China has seemingly lost the grand hope of radically reforming the political establishment. Nevertheless, Schell ( To Get Rich Is Glorious ) offers valuable firsthand reportage not only on April-June 1989 but also on spontaneous acts of resistance and mini-rebellions since then. He also profiles China's new muckrakers, underground publishers, artists, rock musicians and entrepreneurs who are flourishing in "gray zones" of commerce and culture outside the party-state structure. If another upheaval comes, Schell surmises, it will arise over economic rather than political issues. He takes us inside China's abysmal prisons, arbitrary courts, the vast gulag of forced-labor camps and the nascent union movement. He interviews astrophysicist and dissident Fang Lizhi and exiled labor activist Han Dongfang. Schell's mix of trenchant reporting and political analysis makes him an indispensable guide to a new China struggling to be born.
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- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 37010
- Title
- Mandate Of Heaven: A New Generation Of Entrepreneurs, Dissidents, Bohemians, And Technocrats Lays Claim To China's Future.
- Author
- Orville Schell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Ed; First Printing indicated.
- ISBN 10
- 0671701320
- ISBN 13
- 9780671701321
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1994.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia Travel; True Adventure; Travel & Adventure; Travel Writing; Travel Guides;
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