Böcker av R. Keith Schoppa

This text is a mix of social history, literary analysis, political biography and murder mystery. It explores and analyzes the social and cultural dynamics of the Chinese revolution of the 1920s by focusing on the mysterious 1928 assassination of Shen Dingyi.

Schoppa divides the counties of Zhejiang Province into four zones by level of political and economic development and scrupulously analyzes the complex processes of remolding society at the local and provincial levels. He reveals the common factors that make China a part of the worldwide story of reconstruction, reform, and developmental change.

The Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led 30 million Chinese to flee their homes in terror, and live-in the words of artist and writer Feng Zikai-"in a sea of bitterness" as refugees. Keith Schoppa paints a comprehensive picture of the refugee experience in one province, Zhejiang, where the Japanese launched notorious campaigns.

Through a beautiful and compelling narrative, Schoppa traces the lives and history at Xiang Lake, a reservoir from its creation in 1112 to the present

This book is both an introduction to the major features of modern Chinese history and a resource for researchers interested in virtually any topic relating to the Chinese experience of the last 220 years.