China from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Poster. Good. No Binding. When the Communist Party took power in 1949 they retained changes previously made to the Chinese language to simplify, standardize, and create a common usage throughout China .  This ideogram chart was published by Beijing c1963.  It is folded accordion style- it opens to 100 inches, & 10 inches high. Folded, it's 10"x5" & has 20… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Good. Hardcover. Album with 28 photos glued on pages. It is pre-1941 and the main actors- Dad & Min- get married and honeymoon in Hong Kong, Shanghai, & Hang Chow- this is China prior to 1941. Then we skip 20 years and we have 3 photos of Dad and family in 1962 Vancouver[where the album was found].… Read more about this item

Poster. Very Good. No Binding. The Cultural Revolution which took place between circa1966 and 1976 was a social/ political movement. Mao Tse Tung, then Chairman of the ruling Communist Party started this movement to reinforce strict communist dogma. Capitalism and traditional Chinese culture were to be obliterated. Big-character posters were used to denounce people as opponents of the Revolution.… Read more about this item