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An epic spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this breathtaking historical novel traces the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan as a result of the Sino-Japanese war, through Wo...
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| Fformat: | Licensed eBooks |
| Iaith: | Saesneg Tsieinëeg |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2001.
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| Cyfres: | Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan.
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=75537 |
| Crynodeb: | An epic spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this breathtaking historical novel traces the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan as a result of the Sino-Japanese war, through World War II. Li Qiao brilliantly re-creates the dramatic world of these pioneers?and the colonization of Taiwan itself?exploring their relationships with the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan and their struggle to establish their own ethnic and political identities. This carefully researched work o. |
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| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (291 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0231505566 9780231505567 0231122004 |