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Sherman Cochran & Andrew Hsieh
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From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, a cache of letters from one of China s prominent families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds light on a tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew Hsieh show how the family confronted war, civil unrest, and social upheaval, and how in the midst of it all they built a vast business empire.

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Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 472 ● ISBN 9780674073845 ● Utgivare Harvard University Press ● Publicerad 2014 ● Nedladdningsbara 6 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2664516 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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