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China's Grandmothers looks at the lives of women who once dominated Chinese families, and contiue to exercise major influence. It covers periods of tumultuous change from the late 19th Century to the present. Grandmothers cared for their grandchildren, managed the family economy and transmitted popular culture. They have their grandchildren boundless love and emotional security. In traditioanl China the lives of women were lived on an upward t...

China's Grandmothers looks at the lives of women who once dominated Chinese families, and contiue to exercise major influence. It covers periods of tumultuous change from the late 19th Century to the present. Grandmothers cared for their grandchildren, managed the family economy and transmitted popular culture. They have their grandchildren boundless love and emotional security. In traditioanl China the lives of women were lived on an upward t...

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Diana Lary is a professor of history, affiliated withthe Center for Chinese Research, at the University of British Columbia.Stephen MacKinnon is a professor of history at ArizonaState University.

The first social history in English of China's Civil War, 1945-9, which brought the Chinese Communist Party to power. Surveying a period of intense upheaval and chaos, it shows how the Communist Party succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China.

A new social history of China's Civil War, 1945-9, which brought dramatic political and social revolution to China.

The tragic history of China's War of Resistance and its consequences from the perspective of those who went through it.

The current waves of migration sweeping the Chinese world may seem like new phenomena, the outcome of modernization and industrialization. However, this concise and readable book convincingly shows that contemporary movements are just the most recent stage in a long history of migration, both within China and beyond its borders. Distinguished historian Diana Lary traces the continuous expansion and contraction of the Chinese state over more th...

The current waves of migration sweeping the Chinese world may seem like new phenomena, the outcome of modernization and industrialization. However, this concise and readable book convincingly shows that contemporary movements are just the most recent stage in a long history of migration, both within China and beyond its borders. Distinguished historian Diana Lary traces the continuous expansion and contraction of the Chinese state over more th...

A forceful look at the long-term social and psychological impact of warfare on modern China's civilian population.

The People's Republic of China claims to have 40, 000 kilometres of borders and coastline. How did this vast country come into being? The state credo describes an ancient process of cultural expansion, as border peoples gratefully accepted Chinese high culture en route to becoming inalienable parts of the country.

Twenty-first century China is emerging from decades of war and revolution into a new era. Yet the past still haunts the present. The ideals of the Chinese Republic, which was founded almost a century ago after 2000 years of imperial rule, still resonate as modern China edges towards openness and democracy. Diana Lary traces the history of the Republic from its beginnings in 1912, through the Nanjing decade, the warlord era, and the civil war w...

Twenty-first century China is emerging from decades of war and revolution into a new era. Yet the past still haunts the present. The ideals of the Chinese Republic, which was founded almost a century ago after 2000 years of imperial rule, still resonate as modern China edges towards openness and democracy. Diana Lary traces the history of the Republic from its beginnings in 1912, through the Nanjing decade, the warlord era, and the civil war w...

A study of the tensions between region and nation in Republican China.

Diana Lary is a professor of history and director of the Centre of Chinese Research at the Institute of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia. Among her many publications, she is co-editor with Stephen MacKinnon of Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China.

Diana Lary examines how the common soldier in Warlord China became an instrument of oppression and terror.

The tragic history of China's War of Resistance and its consequences from the perspective of those who went through it.