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Title:

China rising [videorecording] / Granite Productions for Yorkshire Television ; produced and directed by Gwyneth Hughes.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group,
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

3 videocassettes (ca. 50 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

China--History--20th century.
China--Politics and government--20th century.

Other Authors:

Granite Productions.
Yorkshire Television.
History Channel (Firm)

Other Titles:

Paradise of Adventurers.
Change in Heaven.
Roads to Freedom.

Notes:

Originally broadcast on the History Channel, c1991. Narrator: Eileen Atkins.

Contents:

v. 1. Paradise of adventurers -- v. 2. Change in heaven -- v. 3. Roads to freedom.

Summary:

Chronicles the history of China with archival footage and interviews. Part 1 traces history from the 1920s onwards. Part 2 looks at the conflict between the Communist Party and the Nationalist Party, and the founding of the People's Republic of China. Part 3 describes the Cultural Revolution and modern China under the open-door policy.

ISBN:

9781565019089 (v. 3)
1565019083 (v. 3)
9781565019072 (v. 2)
1565019075 (v. 2)
9781565019065 (v. 1)
1565019067 (v. 1)
9781565019058 (set) :
1565019059 (set) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)35920953

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)