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The People's Republic of amnesia : the Tiananmen revisited, Louisa Lim

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"Despite its emergence from backward isolation into a dynamic world economic power, a quarter-century after the People's Army crushed unarmed protestors--labeled anti-revolutionaries--in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, the defining event of China's modern history remains buried. Memory is dangerous in a country built to function on national amnesia. A single act of public remembrance might expose the frailty of the state's carefully constructed edifice of accepted history, one kept aloft by strict censorship, blatant falsehood, and willful forgetting. Though the consequences of Tiananmen Square are visible everywhere throughout China, what happened there has been consigned to silence. In The People's Republic of Amnesia, NPR's China correspondent Louisa Lim offers an insider's account of this seminal tragedy, revealing the enormous impact it had on China and the reverberations still felt today. Official hypocrisy and the government's obsession with maintaining stability and silence have deepened June 4th's impact on the nation's psyche. Lim interweaves portraits of eight individuals whose lives have been shaped by June 4--including the two women who started Tiananmen Mothers, one of the first and most prominent grassroots organizations outside the Chinese government's control; a student survivor involved in the protests; a soldier who took part in the suppression; and a high-ranking government administrator who played a role in ordering the tanks into the square. In the process she offers a textured, intimate, and haunting look at the national tragedy and an unhealed wound"--
Language
eng
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x, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780199347704
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The People's Republic of amnesia : the Tiananmen revisited
Title
The People's Republic of amnesia
Title remainder
the Tiananmen revisited
Statement of responsibility
Louisa Lim
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Despite its emergence from backward isolation into a dynamic world economic power, a quarter-century after the People's Army crushed unarmed protestors--labeled anti-revolutionaries--in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, the defining event of China's modern history remains buried. Memory is dangerous in a country built to function on national amnesia. A single act of public remembrance might expose the frailty of the state's carefully constructed edifice of accepted history, one kept aloft by strict censorship, blatant falsehood, and willful forgetting. Though the consequences of Tiananmen Square are visible everywhere throughout China, what happened there has been consigned to silence. In The People's Republic of Amnesia, NPR's China correspondent Louisa Lim offers an insider's account of this seminal tragedy, revealing the enormous impact it had on China and the reverberations still felt today. Official hypocrisy and the government's obsession with maintaining stability and silence have deepened June 4th's impact on the nation's psyche. Lim interweaves portraits of eight individuals whose lives have been shaped by June 4--including the two women who started Tiananmen Mothers, one of the first and most prominent grassroots organizations outside the Chinese government's control; a student survivor involved in the protests; a soldier who took part in the suppression; and a high-ranking government administrator who played a role in ordering the tanks into the square. In the process she offers a textured, intimate, and haunting look at the national tragedy and an unhealed wound"--
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Lim, Louisa
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951.05/8
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
DS779.32
LC item number
.L55 2014
Literary form
non fiction
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  • China
  • China
  • HISTORY / Asia / China
  • HISTORY / Asia / General
  • HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
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The People's Republic of amnesia : the Tiananmen revisited, Louisa Lim
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Publication
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1560547
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
x, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780199347704
Isbn Type
(hardback : acid-free paper)
Lccn
2013044312
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1560547
  • (OCoLC)860944027
Label
The People's Republic of amnesia : the Tiananmen revisited, Louisa Lim
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1560547
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
x, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780199347704
Isbn Type
(hardback : acid-free paper)
Lccn
2013044312
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1560547
  • (OCoLC)860944027

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