Oracle_Bones__A_Journey_Between_China‘s_Past

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1、ORACLEBONESAJourneyBetweenChina’sPastandPresentPETERHESSLERformysisters:AmyAngelaandBirgittaContentsAuthor’sNoteviiMapixPARTONEArtifactA:TheUndergroundCity31TheMiddleman9ArtifactB:TheWrittenWorld332TheVoiceofAmerica373TheBrokenBridge57ArtifactC:TheWall754TheOvernightCity77PARTTWO5Starch101

2、6Hollywood114ivContentsArtifactD:TheVoiceoftheTurtle1357AtNightYou’reNotLonely1498Immigration1699TheCourtyard174ArtifactE:TheBronzeHead18910Anniversary19911Sichuanese203PARTTHREEArtifactF:TheBook22112Asylum231ArtifactG:TheUncrackedBone24313TheGames25914Sand275ArtifactH:TheWord28915Translat

3、ion29516Flags30617StraighttoVideo310ArtifactI:TheHorse32518WontonWestern33519Election352ContentsvPARTFOUR20Chinatown369ArtifactJ:TheCriticism38321StateVisit393ArtifactK:TheLostAlphabets40122EncapsulatePrime419ArtifactL:TheMisprintedCharacter43123Patton’sTomb437ArtifactZ:TheSoldWords44324Te

4、a451Sources459Acknowledgments469Index473AbouttheAuthorOtherBooksbyPeterHesslerCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherAuthor’sNotethisisaworkofnonfiction,andihaveusedrealnameswithoneexception:Polat.Thepseudonymisusedathisrequest,becauseofpoliti-calsensitivitiesinthePeople’sRepublicofChina.Th

5、isbookwasresearchedfrom1999to2004,aperiodwhoseeventsarestillresonating.Iexpectthatinthefuturewewilllearnmoreabouttheseoccur-rences,andmydepictionisnotintendedtobecomprehensiveordefinitive.Mygoalhasbeentofollowcertainindividualsacrossthisperiod,recordinghowtheirliveswereshapedbyachangingworl

6、d.Thesepeopleledmetomanyplaces—someinChina,someintheUnitedStates,andothers,suchasXinjiangandTaiwan,thatareindispute.Boundar-iesanddefinitionsoftenseemedfluid,andsodidtimeitself.Themainchaptersofthisbookarearrangedchronologically,buttheshortsectionslabeled“arti-facts”arenot.Theyreflectadeepers

7、enseoftime—thewaysinwhichpeoplemakesenseofhistoryafterithasrecededfartherintothepast.Polatmeans“steel”intheUighurlanguage,andhechosethatnamebecauseofthequalitiesthathebelievedarenecessaryforanybodyfarfromhome.viiMapPARTONEARTIFACTATheUndergroundCity历史frombeiji