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River town : two years on the Yangtze /Peter Hessler

By: Peter HesslerContributor(s): Peter HesslerMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,New Delhi-110002Publication details: New York : HarperCollins Publishers , ©2001Description: 402 pages ; 25 cmISBN: 9780060855024Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: ;Hessler, Peter, -- 1969- -- Travel -- China -- Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)DDC classification: 915.138 HES

Contents:

PART I: Downstream --The city --Shakespeare with Chinese characteristics -- Raise the Flag Mountain -- Running -- The White Crane Ridge --The dam -- The Wu River -- Opium Wars --White Flat Mountain --Storm -- PART II: Summer -- The priest -- Chinese life --The restaurant owner -- Money -- The teacher -- Chinese New Year -- The land -- Spring again -- The river -- Upstream.

Summary: Records the author's experiences as a Peace Corps English teacher in the small Chinese city of Fuling, during which time he witnessed such events as the death of Deng Xiaoping, the return of Hong Kong to the mainland, and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.

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PART I: Downstream --The city --Shakespeare with Chinese characteristics --
Raise the Flag Mountain --
Running --
The White Crane Ridge --The dam --
The Wu River --
Opium Wars --White Flat Mountain --Storm --
PART II: Summer --
The priest --
Chinese life --The restaurant owner --
Money --
The teacher --
Chinese New Year --
The land --
Spring again --
The river --
Upstream.

Records the author's experiences as a Peace Corps English teacher in the small Chinese city of Fuling, during which time he witnessed such events as the death of Deng Xiaoping, the return of Hong Kong to the mainland, and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.

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