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Chen Hansheng was not only a pioneer of modern Chinese social science, remembered for the village studies he organized by teams of researchers in the 1930s. He was also a political operative whose career as an underground and aboveground Communist activist spanned the twentieth century and the globe. This book draws on unique interviews, beginning in 1979, with Chen himself, his family and associates, along with an exhaustive examination of documents, writings, and archives, to build a rounded portrait of Chen, the man, and his world.
Price: $46.00
Pages: 300
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Imprint: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Publication Date:
26 September 2023
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789882372603
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Asia / China
This skillful and engaging biography is also an empathetic moral exploration. . .MacKinnon offers absorbing insight into Chen’s world—his intellectual achievements and moral path—showing that the revolution in power was not the one Chen had legitimized.
Stephen R. MacKinnon is a scholar of twentieth century Chinese History, who has lived and worked on and off in China since 1979. Recent books are on the history of China’s Anti-Japanese War, including Wuhan, 1938: War, Refugees, and the Making of Modern China (2008) and Negotiating China’s Destiny in World War II (2014). He is an Emeritus Professor of Arizona State University.