{"product_id":"the-revolution-as-a-dinner-matthew-mills-stevenson-9780997058024","title":"The Revolution as a Dinner Party: Across China with Edgar Snow, Mao Tse-Tung, Joseph Stilwell, Chiang Kai-Shek, and Sun Yat-Sen","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eLetters of Transit, Reading the Rails, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAppalachia Spring\u003c\/em\u003e comes this delightful account of a journey across the People's Republic of China, in search of the men who shaped its modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlong the way Matthew Stevenson visits Mao's cave house in Yenan, where Chiang was kidnapped in Xian, General Joseph Stilwell's house in Chongqing, and Sun Yat-sen's hideouts in Guangzhou and Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween Beijing and Hong Kong, and many places in between, Stevenson moves around by bicycle, train, and foot, allowing him to describe the places that shaped the lives of China's founders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf Mao's cave in Yenan, Stevenson writes: \"The simple houses are dug into the side of the hill and are reached by climbing steps from the parking lot. Most have nothing more than a bed, a few chairs, a table, and a cupboard--the revolution playing out in what New Yorkers would call a 'single-room occupancy.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Revolution as a Dinner Party\u003c\/em\u003e is a graceful book, full of observation and humor, that is perfect for one today thinking about China--either its past or future. It also an accessible history of China's last hundred years and biographies of the men at the heart of the country's many conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Mills Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997058021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997058024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Odysseus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Matthew Mills Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982721679615,"sku":"9780997058024","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_125f7cc9-be4c-4d8e-815e-17da46e583c3.jpg?v=1683262690","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-revolution-as-a-dinner-matthew-mills-stevenson-9780997058024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}