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020			_a9781620402887
050	0	0	_aDS782.3 _b.M47 2014
082	1		_a951 MEY _2
100	1		_aMeyer, Michael J. _d(1972 -)
245	1	0	_aIn Manchuria ; _ba village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China _c/ Michael Meyer.
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Bloomsbury Press _c, 2016, c2015
300			_a365 p. _b: illus. _c; 21 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aWinter 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.
520	3		_aThis 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.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aMeyer, Michael J. _d(1972) _x-Travel _z-China _z-Manchuria
650		4	_aFarm life _z-China _z-Manchuria
650		4	_aRice farmers _z-China _z-Manchuria
650		4	_aRice farming
651		4	_aManchuria (China) _x-Description and travel
651		4	_aManchuria (China) _x-Social life and customs
651		4	_aManchuria (China) _x-Rural conditions
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