Socialism Is Great!: A Worker's Memoir of the New China

Authors: Zhang, Lijia
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: BIO026000, HIS008000, POL005000
ISBN: 9780307793881, Related ISBNs: 0307472191, 0307793885, 9780307472199, 9780307793881
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 384,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: With a great charm and spirit, "Socialism Is Great!" recounts Lijia Zhang's rebellious journey from disillusioned factory worker to organizer in support of the Tiananmen Square demonstrators, to eventually become the writer and journalist she was always determined to be. Her memoir is like a brilliant minature illuminating the sweeping historical forces at work in China after the Cultural Revolution as the country moved from one of stark repression to a vibrant capitalist economy.
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