History Alive (updated Edition)
by Li Tiangang
About This Novel
This book contains 51 book reviews and column articles published by Professor Li Tiangang in the media in the past two decades. This updated edition adds 28 new works based on the first edition (2011 edition by Shanghai Bookstore Press). The book has about 160,000 words, and the content mostly involves the modern history of China. The author has a profound knowledge of culture and history, the writing is meaningful and philosophical, the historical facts and anecdotes are readily available, and the articles are easy to understand and fascinating. Look at corrupt officials from He Shen, look at diplomacy from Li Hongzhang, look at democracy from Yuan Shikai... There is no heavy and cold grand narrative in the book, but a comprehensive and vivid history scene by scene.
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