Sparks

Ian Johnson

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Author
Ian Johnson
Publish Date
2025-03-03
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Oxford University Press
Subtitle
China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future
Number of Pages
400
ISBN-10
0197799353
ISBN-13
9780197799352
SKU
9780197799352

Description

Sparks tells the story of how underground writers, filmmakers, and journalists have been able to bypass China's legendary surveillance state to reveal the truth of Communist Party rule: from famines and purges of years past to ethnic clashes and virus outbreaks of the present. Ian Johnson spent nearly a decade on the ground with these outlaw historians, tracing their history back to the origins of the Communist Party last century and their new, nationwide presence in today's China. Written with verve and humanity, Sparks is a testimony to the power of memory over forgetting.