The Struggles of an Ordinary Man - The Turbulent History of China Through a FarmerÕs Eyes from 1900 to 2000 (Volume One)

Download or read book The Struggles of an Ordinary Man - The Turbulent History of China Through a FarmerÕs Eyes from 1900 to 2000 (Volume One) written by Weihua Liu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Struggles of an Ordinary Man - The Turbulent History of China Through a Farmer's Eyes from 1900 to 2000 (Volume Two)" is the true record of one hundred years of modern history in rural areas of the Eastern Shandong Peninsula from the 1900 to 2000, including the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Anti-Japanese War (1938-1945), China's War of Liberation (1945-1949), the development of China after liberation (1950-1957), the Great Leap Forward Movement (1958-1959), the Three-year Disaster (1960-1962), the Socialist Education Movement (1964-1965), the Great Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), and the reform and opening up of China (1978-2000). This work, with the spirit of unvarnished realism and true-life style, illustrates the actual life and inner mind of an ordinary man in rural areas, and through his eyes to see the significant changes of China during the past one hundred years.