{"product_id":"american-life-cho-yun-hsu-9789882372108","title":"American Life: A Chinese Historian's Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe United States is the land where Cho-yun Hsu pursued his life's work, as well as his window to observations of Western civilization; through his eyes, the nation is revealed as both a mighty empire and a grand social laboratory containing the seeds of prosperity and decline. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this memoir of his sixty-year sojourn in the United States, Cho-yun Hsu offers keen insights through the lens of history and sociology, providing a comprehensive assessment of the social lineaments of the United States in different eras, as well as its substantive transformation in the period spanning from the founding of the nation to the present--from a young nation of lofty ideals, to the successor to Europe as global hegemon, and, more recently, an emerging regime of tyranny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work touches upon geography, culture, politics, economics, industrialization, class, ethnicity, the urban-rural divide, military affairs, the imperial enterprise and more in analyzing the origins of tension and conflict, antagonism and divisions between different classes and ethnic groups in American society, and seeks to offer a way forward from a humanistic perspective, in the hope that society may be continuously renewed through our collective efforts, and find a new path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cho-Yun Hsu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9882372104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789882372108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chinese University of Hong Kong Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.14w x 1.02d","brand":"Cho-Yun Hsu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44129906131199,"sku":"9789882372108","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7747031f-61fa-4c9a-a573-16ae9349e437.jpg?v=1687466465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-life-cho-yun-hsu-9789882372108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}