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In he second half of 1954, scores of European delegations set off for Beijing, in response to Prime Minister Chou En-lai's invitation to 'come and see' the New China and celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Communist victory. In this delightfully eclectic book, part comedy, part travelogue, and part cultural history, Patrick Wright uncovers the story of the four British delegations that made this journey, which included many of the leading political, academic, artistic, and cultural figures of the day.

Table of Contents:
Preface Part I: In the Spirit of Geneva (London to Minsk) 1: Embarkation 2: Holding Out in the Legation Quarter 3: Paul Hogarth's Marxist Shudder 4: The Battle of British 'Friendship' 5: The Charms of Anti-Americanism 6: Barbara Castle's Bevanite Sigh 7: Chou En-lai's Winning Smile Part II: One Good Elk and Dinner with the Politburo (Moscow) 8: Flowers for Edith Summerskill 9: Just Like Manchester a Hundred Years Ago 10: The Tragic Thoughts of Chairman Smith 11: Stanley Spencer's Pyjama Cord and the Socialist Tree Part III: Anticipating China (Moscow to Ulan Bator) 12: Ghosts over Siberia (Casson and Pulleyblank) 13: A Blue Jacket for Abraham Lincoln (Paul Hogarth) 14: How China Came to Cookham (Stanley Spencer) 15: Brown Phoenix Over Mongolia (Cedric Dover) Part IV: Listening to the Oriole (China) 16: Clement Attlee's Break 17: Popeyed Among the Tibetans: the Undiplomatic Rapture of the Cultural Delegation 18: Cadillacs, Coal Mines and Co-ops: the Second Labour Delegation Grapples with the Facts 19: 'Nuts About Pavlov?' Resuming the Scientific Dialogue Part V: The Artist's Reckoning (China) 20: Revolution in the Art Schools and Museums 21: Paul Hogarth's Sky Full of Diamonds 22: Stanley Spencer's Takeaway Afterword: The Vision Fades

About the Author :
Patrick Wright is a writer and broadcaster with an interest in the cultural dimensions of modern life. He is the author of a number of highly acclaimed best-selling history books, including The Village that Died for England, Tank (described by Simon Schama as 'a tour de force'), and Iron Curtain, which John le Carre described as 'a work of wit, style and waggish erudition.' He has written for many magazines and newspapers, including the London Review of Books, the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Independent, and the Observer, and has made numerous documentaries on cultural themes for both BBC Radio 3 and 4. His television work includes The River, a four-part BBC2 series on the Thames. He is also a Professor at the Institute for Cultural Analysis at Nottingham Trent University, and a fellow of the London Consortium.

Review :
`A brilliant feat of research . . . The result is a tour de force, erudite, funny, endlessly revealing... ' John Keay, TLS `In his astonishing last half-dozen books, he has established himself not only as the champion ironist and caustic critis of that weird historical compount, 'Englishness', but als a social historian of an inimitable kind.' Fred Inglis, The Independent `Acerbic and fair-minded. . . social comedy with a rueful edge ' Richard B. Woodward, Wall Street Journal `An exuberantly rich chronicle teeming with personalities, stories, encounters and ideas, filled with the strangeness and wonder of colliding worlds' David Hayes, Books of the Year, Australian Policy Online `Wright unfolds a rich, sometimes comic tale of how sympathizers and skeptics alike were tested by Communism in action as well as by Chinese brandy. [He] shows us where they flinched, diverted their eyes, or struggled to understand China's new nationalism and experiment in socialism. Highly recommended.' Library Journal `A fascinating recreation of a moment in British political and cultural history.' Isabel Hilton, History Today


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199541935
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 624
  • Spine Width: 37 mm
  • Weight: 1043 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199541930
  • Publisher Date: 28 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Very British Mission to Mao's China
  • Width: 161 mm


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