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Slow train to democracy : memoirs of life in Shanghai, 1978 to 1979 / Anne E. McLaren.
Van Pelt Library DS796.S257 M33 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLaren, Anne E. (Anne Elizabeth), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australians--China--Shanghai--Diaries.
- Australians.
- Women--China--Shanghai--Diaries.
- Women.
- Australian students--China--Shanghai--Diaries.
- Australian students.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- McLaren, Anne E. (Anne Elizabeth)--Diaries.
- McLaren, Anne E.
- Shanghai (China)--History--20th century.
- Shanghai (China).
- Shanghai (China)--Social conditions--1976-2002.
- Shanghai (China)--Social life and customs--1976-2002.
- China--Shanghai.
- Genre:
- History.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 197 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne, VIC : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2020.
- Summary:
- This memoir offers a rare insight into everyday life during the first year of the reform movement that created the China of the twenty-first century. The book interweaves personal encounters with records of the democracy movement in Shanghai, revealing a vast outpouring of grievances by ordinary people at a time of dramatic social change.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
- 2. Autumn Days in Beijing, 1978
- Arrival in Beijing
- Daily Routine
- A Surprising Report: Australian Espionage
- The Forbidden City
- Dope and a Fashion Show
- Visit to the Ming Tombs
- Mao's Mausoleum
- Cycling Around Beijing
- How to Find Coffee in Beijing
- Open Door Schooling
- Meeting People
- A Chance Meeting
- Rendezvous Chez the Summer Palace
- National Day October 1
- Visitors from China News Agency
- The Million Dollar Note
- 3. Move to Shanghai, October
- Arrival
- Lessons on Confucius
- Food Scarcity
- Lessons on the Koran
- Learning about America
- Welcome to New Students at Fudan University
- Trip to Nanxiang with a Shanghai Friend
- Maintain the Glorious Tradition of the Intellectuals
- Book Famine
- Student Complaints at Fudan
- Chinese Students in My Dormitory Block
- Grievance Poster at Wujiaochang
- How the Lin Biao & Anti-Confucius Campaign Wrecked My Love Life
- The Teacher of Cadres
- 4. The Protest Movement Begins, November
- `Spring Shoots'
- Trip to Shaoxing and Hangzhou
- The Great Yu Burial Mound
- Hangzhou
- `Longing for Home', a Japanese Movie
- BBC News Flash
- A Forum on Democracy in Shanghai's People's Square
- First Manifesto at Fudan University
- Call for Constitutional Rights
- Counter-attack: Save Mao
- The People Are Striving for Democracy
- Attack on Mao by Teng Husheng
- The Response of Deng Xiaoping
- 5. The Month of Revelations, December
- `What Is Democracy?'
- Petition to the Mayor of Shanghai
- Teng Continues to Protest
- Shocking Revelations at Fudan
- Acupuncture for Lung Cancer
- Meeting with the Vice-Principal of Fudan University
- Lessons on Capitalism
- Educated Youth on the March
- Where Lies the Truth?
- Love and the Revolution
- A School Girl Commits Suicides
- Meanwhile Back at the Party HQ
- Teng Continues Writing
- Horror Story from Fudan: Tian Nanfan
- Rehabilitation of the Dead
- Complaints from a Textile Factory
- The Case of Tian Nanfan Is Resolved
- A Teacher's Complaint
- Criticism of Mao's Role in the Cultural Revolution
- A Visit to the Home of Teacher Chen
- Shanghai Youth Palace
- Worries about Vietnam
- Christmas at Fudan
- 6. The Winter Crackdown, January to early April 1979
- Sino-US Diplomatic Recognition
- A Love Poem
- Arrests of Shanghai Activists
- Support for Teng Husheng
- Petition to Party Leader, Chen Yun
- A Family Sent to the Countryside
- Xinjiang Educated Youth
- Hard Questions to Answer
- `Spring in Beijing'
- The Complaints of the Aggrieved
- Skeletons in the Cupboard at Fudan
- Trip to Sichuan and Yunnan
- The Thatched Cottage of Du Fu
- A Cry of Protest on Behalf of the Insane
- Letter from Wuhan
- Outbreak of War with Vietnam
- Seizure of the Shanghai Railway Station
- The Coffins Coming Back
- Decadent Foreign Movies
- China Withdraws from Vietnam
- Visit to a Mental Asylum
- Crackdown on Protestors
- The American `Expert'
- Visit to Beijing - the Democracy Movement
- Human Rights Is a Capitalist Slogan!
- 7. Spring Warmth and Cold Politics, late April to June
- Xinhua Journalists: Inside the New China News Agency Compound
- Crackdown on Students at Fudan
- Trip to Suzhou
- Hepatitis Is Spreading
- Trip to Xi'an: the Entombed Warriors
- The Great Mosque
- The Temple of the City Gods, Xi'an
- The Shaanxi Provincial Museum
- Quiet Repression at Fudan
- Cooking for Myself
- Meeting with Film Star, Zhao Dan
- Life on the Commune
- The Democracy Wall Is Walled-in
- African Students Face Violence
- The Reluctant Bachelor
- Meeting People on the Street
- The Democracy Activist
- Departure from Shanghai
- Travels to the Land of Confucius
- Appendix: Shanghai's Democracy Movement of 1986
- `Letter from Shanghai: Smashing the Second Confucius'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781925984309
- 1925984303
- OCLC:
- 1143737827
- Publisher Number:
- 99987741480
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