{"product_id":"the-second-long-march-patti-isaacs-9781639883165","title":"The Second Long March","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1981 newlyweds Patti Isaacs and her Italian husband Federico Gauss Rescigno traveled to China, a place she'd grown up fearing, to work for a year in the ancient capital of Xi'an. Returning 24 years later, Patti reunited with old friends, worked with China's younger generation, and found a city transformed. Her stories are snapshots of a span of years when a city under communism-slow, agrarian, and egalitarian-became a fast-paced metropolis of 8 million.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with maps and \"before and after\" photos, \u003cem\u003eThe Second Long March\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles changes that had occurred in her life, the lives of her former students, and the country itself in its rise as a global economic power. She presents events for those seeking to understand them through the eyes of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patti Isaacs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639883169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639883165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atmosphere Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.87d","brand":"Patti Isaacs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073865576703,"sku":"9781639883165","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff71eba4-8e54-4ceb-9c06-3d0966666354.jpg?v=1685450372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-second-long-march-patti-isaacs-9781639883165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}