Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng Self-Management " -- Wall Street Journal

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this edition also contains footnotes and glossary entries that help explain the political

Part One: Why Study History

but also among the broader public

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng Self-Management " -- Wall Street JournalUpon its initial publication, Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng's searing memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, was an instant international best seller. This phenomenal, unforgettable book captured the attention of the world just as Communism started to collapse, and is considered a twentieth century classic, both for Cheng's incisive writing and the light it throws on totalitarian history. In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked