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Pursuing China
Brian L. Evans
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Description for Pursuing China
Paperback. Crucial events in late 20th-century Canada-China cultural relations are revealed in this historian-diplomat's engrossing memoir. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Brian Evans blends memoir and history to draw a vivid picture of China and its cultural outreach over the past three decades. His historical and sociological insights as student, scholar, and administrator form an authentic commentary as he discusses China and the Cold War; the Cultural Revolution; the post-Mao transformation of China; Canada's relations with China; the cultural impact of the overseas Chinese community on the Canadian Prairies; development of China studies in Canada and elsewhere; the current impact of China on Canadian higher education; and recent Chinese history seen within a broader context. With this book, Evans seeks to ... Read more
Brian Evans blends memoir and history to draw a vivid picture of China and its cultural outreach over the past three decades. His historical and sociological insights as student, scholar, and administrator form an authentic commentary as he discusses China and the Cold War; the Cultural Revolution; the post-Mao transformation of China; Canada's relations with China; the cultural impact of the overseas Chinese community on the Canadian Prairies; development of China studies in Canada and elsewhere; the current impact of China on Canadian higher education; and recent Chinese history seen within a broader context. With this book, Evans seeks to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780888646002
SKU
V9780888646002
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About Brian L. Evans
Brian L. Evans, CM, studied Chinese and Chinese history at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and later served with the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. He was Professor of Chinese History at the University of Alberta (1961–1996). In his retirement, Brian Evans devoted himself to recording and preserving the stories of Alberta’s Chinese pioneer immigrants. He ... Read more
Reviews for Pursuing China
"General Odlum is among the great many diplomats, journalists, spies, scholars and Old China Hands who populate Pursuing China by Brian L. Evans, a pioneer in the growth of Chinese studies in Canadian universities and, later, a junior diplomat himself. His book makes compelling reading..." George Fetherling, Diplomat and International Canada, Summer 2012 Alison Redford quoted in the Globe today ... Read more