University Press of Kansas
Mao's Generals Remember Korea
Key Metrics
- Xiaobing Li
- University Press of Kansas
- Hardcover
- 9780700610952
- 9.24 X 6.38 X 1.21 inches
- 1.47 pounds
- History > Military - Korean War
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
These fourteen original essays tell how a sense of place emerged among residents of various regions and how a sense of those places was developed by people outside of them. Wrobel and Steiner first offer a compelling overview of the West's regional nature; then thirteen other rising or renowned scholars-from history, American Studies, geography, and literature-tell how regional consciousness formed among inhabitants of particular regions.
All of the essays address the larger issue of the centrality of place in determining social and cultural forms and individual and collective identities. Some focus on race and culture as the primary influences on regional consciousness while others emphasize environmental and economic factors or the influence of literature. Some even examine western regionalism in areas that lie beyond the West as it has traditionally been conceived. Each of the contributors believes that where a people live helps determine what they are, and they write not only about the many wests within the larger West, but also about the constant state of flux in which regionalism exists.
Many books speak of the West as a place, but few others deal with the West's different places. Many Wests presents a vision of the West that reflects both the common heritage and unique character of each major subregion, building on the revisionist impulse of the last decade to help redirect New Western History toward an appreciation of regional diversity and integrate scholarship in the regional subfields. It is a book for everyone who lives in, studies, or loves the West, for it confirms that it is home to very different peoples, economies, histories-and regions.
Author Bio
Xiaobing Li, professor of history and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma, He authored and co-authored The Cold War in East Asia, China's Battle for Korea, China at War, Voices from the Vietnam War, A History of the Modern Chinese Army, Voices from the Korean War, and Mao's Generals Remember Korea.
He served in the People’s Liberation Army in China.
Source: University Press of Kentucky
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