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Historical novels can be windows into other cultures and eras, but it's not always clear what's fact and what's fiction. Thousands have read Ba Jin's influential novel Family, but few realize how much he shaped his depiction of 1920s China to suit his story and his politics. In Fact in Fiction, Kristin Stapleton puts Ba Jin's bestseller into full historical context, both to illustrate how it successfully portrays human experiences during the 1920s and to reveal its historical distortions. Stapleton's attention to historical evidence and clear prose that directly addresses themes and characters from Family create a book that scholars, students, and general readers will enjoy. She focuses on Chengdu, China, Ba Jin's birthplace and the setting for Family, which was also a cultural and political center of western China. The city's richly preserved archives allow Stapleton to create an intimate portrait of a city that seemed far from the center of national politics of the day but clearly felt the forces of—and contributed to—the turbulent stream of Chinese history.

Historical fiction, Chinese --- Literature and history --- Roman historique chinois --- Littérature et histoire --- History and criticism --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Ba, Jin, --- Chengdu (China) --- China --- Chengdu (Chine) --- Chine --- Chinese historical fiction --- 成都 (China) --- Chengtu, China --- Tschengtu (China) --- Chʻeng-tu (China) --- Chʻeng-tu-shih (China) --- Hua-yang (China) --- Chengdu Shi (China) --- Chʻeng-tu-hsien (China) --- S16/0420 --- S16/0472 --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Modern novels: studies --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Ba Jin --- Chinese fiction --- Families in literature. --- Social change in literature. --- History and literature --- History and poetry --- Poetry and history --- Family in literature --- History and criticism. --- In literature. --- 成都市(China) --- Chʻeng-tu shih (China) --- Khreng-tuʼu (China)

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Japan is one of the most crowded countries on earth, with three-fourths of its population now living in cities. Tokyo is easily the most populous city on the planet. And yet, though closely packed, its citizens dwell together in relative peace. In America, inner-city violence -- often attributed in part to overcrowding -- is frequently emphasized as one of the great social problems of the day. What might we learn from Japan's situation that could be applied to our own as we approach the twenty-first century?In this collection an interdisciplinary group of international scholars seek to underst

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