The Adventures of Wu: The Life Cycle of a Peking Man (Princeton Legacy Library): 655 - Softcover

Lowe, H. Y.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691613311 ISBN 13: 9780691613314

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Based on first-hand experience, this entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking in the first decades of this century makes vivid the milieu of a fictional family--the traditionally-minded, lower middle- class family of Wu. The author uses experiences of the Wu family's son from birth to marriage to convey in rich detail a vanished way of life, including children's games, nursery rhymes, and education; flowers and foods; street entertainers, folk amusements, and acrobatics; religions; jokes and poems; and a great deal more. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0691613311
• ISBN 13: 9780691613314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 514