The Resource In Manchuria : a village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China, Michael Meyer
In Manchuria : a village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China, Michael Meyer
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- Summary
- Not since Pearl Buck wrote The Good Earth has anyone brought rural China to life as Michael Meyer has here. This combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research presents a unique profile of China's legendary northeast. For three years, Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown to his wife's family, and their personal saga mirrors the tremendous change most of rural China is undergoing, in the form of a privately held rice company that has built new roads, introduced organic farming, and constructed high-rise apartments into which farmers can move in exchange for their land rights. Once a commune, Wasteland is now a company town, a phenomenon happening across China that Meyer documents for the first time. Amplifying the story of family and Wasteland, Meyer takes us on a journey across Manchuria's past, a history that explains much about contemporary China, from the fall of the last emperor to Japanese occupation and Communist victory. Through vivid local characters, Meyer illuminates the remnants of the imperial Willow Palisade, Russian and Japanese colonial cities and railways, and the POW camp into which a young American sergeant parachuted to free survivors of the Bataan Death March.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Winter solstice
- Quid pro quo
- Lineages
- Ruins and remains
- The waking of insects
- Grain rain
- The pilgrims' progress
- To the Manchuria station!
- Tunnels in time, sidings to space
- Summer solstice
- The ballad of Auntie Yi
- Puppets of Manchukuo
- Occupation's aftermath
- Great heat
- The half-bombed bridge to Worker's Village
- Beginning of autumn
- Dalian's display cases
- Frost's descent
- Major snow
- Isbn
- 9781620402863
- Label
- In Manchuria : a village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China
- Title
- In Manchuria
- Title remainder
- a village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Meyer
- Title variation
- village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China
- Subject
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- trueAmericans in China
- trueChina -- History -- 20th century
- Farm life -- China | Manchuria
- trueManchuria
- Manchuria (China) -- Description and travel
- Manchuria (China) -- Rural conditions
- Manchuria (China) -- Social life and customs
- Meyer, Michael J, 1972- -- Travel -- China | Manchuria
- Rice farmers -- China | Manchuria
- Rice farming -- China | Manchuria
- trueRural life
- trueAgribusiness
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Not since Pearl Buck wrote The Good Earth has anyone brought rural China to life as Michael Meyer has here. This combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research presents a unique profile of China's legendary northeast. For three years, Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown to his wife's family, and their personal saga mirrors the tremendous change most of rural China is undergoing, in the form of a privately held rice company that has built new roads, introduced organic farming, and constructed high-rise apartments into which farmers can move in exchange for their land rights. Once a commune, Wasteland is now a company town, a phenomenon happening across China that Meyer documents for the first time. Amplifying the story of family and Wasteland, Meyer takes us on a journey across Manchuria's past, a history that explains much about contemporary China, from the fall of the last emperor to Japanese occupation and Communist victory. Through vivid local characters, Meyer illuminates the remnants of the imperial Willow Palisade, Russian and Japanese colonial cities and railways, and the POW camp into which a young American sergeant parachuted to free survivors of the Bataan Death March.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10395927
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Meyer, Michael J.
- Dewey number
- 951/.80612
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS782.3
- LC item number
- .M47 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Meyer, Michael J
- Farm life
- Rice farmers
- Rice farming
- Manchuria (China)
- Manchuria (China)
- Manchuria (China)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China
- Label
- In Manchuria : a village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China, Michael Meyer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-346) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- txt
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- Contents
- Winter solstice -- Quid pro quo -- Lineages -- Ruins and remains -- The waking of insects -- Grain rain -- The pilgrims' progress -- To the Manchuria station! -- Tunnels in time, sidings to space -- Summer solstice -- The ballad of Auntie Yi -- Puppets of Manchukuo -- Occupation's aftermath -- Great heat -- The half-bombed bridge to Worker's Village -- Beginning of autumn -- Dalian's display cases -- Frost's descent -- Major snow
- Control code
- 1078814
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781620402863
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014017907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781620402863
- (OCoLC)880349831
- Label
- In Manchuria : a village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China, Michael Meyer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-346) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Winter solstice -- Quid pro quo -- Lineages -- Ruins and remains -- The waking of insects -- Grain rain -- The pilgrims' progress -- To the Manchuria station! -- Tunnels in time, sidings to space -- Summer solstice -- The ballad of Auntie Yi -- Puppets of Manchukuo -- Occupation's aftermath -- Great heat -- The half-bombed bridge to Worker's Village -- Beginning of autumn -- Dalian's display cases -- Frost's descent -- Major snow
- Control code
- 1078814
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781620402863
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014017907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781620402863
- (OCoLC)880349831
Subject
- trueAmericans in China
- trueChina -- History -- 20th century
- Farm life -- China | Manchuria
- trueManchuria
- Manchuria (China) -- Description and travel
- Manchuria (China) -- Rural conditions
- Manchuria (China) -- Social life and customs
- Meyer, Michael J, 1972- -- Travel -- China | Manchuria
- Rice farmers -- China | Manchuria
- Rice farming -- China | Manchuria
- trueRural life
- trueAgribusiness
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