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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"It should be on any short-list of 'necessary' books on modern China."--American Historical Review<br>"The Man Awakened from Dreams is a skillfully crafted book that deserves a wide readership....[It] is a splendid example of the value of studying particular individuals, areas and events to expand, refine and enliven the relatively abstract generalizations of more broadly based studies."--The China Journal<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>...eye-opening....Harrison does nothing less than open up for us a whole new world.--<i>Journal of Asian Studies</i><br><br><i>The Man Awakened from Dreams</i> is a skillfully crafted book that deserves a wide readership....[It] is a splendid example of the value of studying particular individuals, areas and events to expand, refine and enliven the relatively abstract generalizations of more broadly based studies.--<i>The China Journal</i><br><br>A tour de force of originality, clarity, and skillful organization....this tome deserves praise as a significant addition to the scholarship of modern Chinese history.--<i>Chinese Historical Review</i><br><br>It should be on any short-list of 'necessary' books on modern China.--<i>American Historical Review</i><br><br>The richness of this compelling and riveting book cannot be encompassed in a short review. It is fortunate for us that Harrison brings to life a vanished world of family, work, and land and shows how these elements connect to the region, nation, and world in a time of remarkable political and economic transformations in Asia.--<i>Agricultural History</i><br><br>This is a lovely book: sharp, human, meticulously theorized, and informative.--<i>The China Review</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Henrietta Harrison is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds.

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