Sparks : China's underground historians and their battle for the future

Johnson, Ian, 1962- (author.). Council on Foreign Relations. (Added Author).

Summary: "The tectonic plates that form China have left it a checkerboard of mountains and rivers and memories. From the south, the Indian plate pushes up into the Eurasian, creating the Himalayas and the vast Tibetan plateau that almost cuts the country off from the rest of the continent. Rippling outward are smaller mountain ranges that ebb and flow toward the Pacific Ocean, like deep swells heaving through the land"--

Record details

ISBN: 0197575501
ISBN: 9780197575505
Physical Description: xv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Council on Foreign Relations book" -- title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- I. The past. Introduction: The landscape of memory -- Memory: The hexi corridor -- The ditch -- Memory: Facing walls -- The sacrifice -- Memory: Bamboo slips -- Spark -- Memory: Etchings -- History as weapon -- Memory: How the red sun rose -- History as myth -- Memory: National Museum of China -- II. The present. The limits of amnesia -- Memory: A landlord's mansion -- The lost city -- Memory: Snow's visit -- The gateway -- Memory: Bloodlines -- Remembrance -- Memory: Tie Liu's cafe -- Lay down your butcher's knife -- Memory: Videoing China's village -- III. The future. Virus -- Memory: Soft burial -- Empire -- Memory: the lost warehouses -- The land of hermits -- Conclusion: Learning to walk underground -- Appendix: Exploring China's underground history.