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Pianos and Politics in China: Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music Kraus, Richard Curt (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon)
Pianos and Politics in China: Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music
Kraus, Richard Curt (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon)
During the Cultural Revolution the piano, the musical embodiment of Western culture, became the object of intense hostility. This book examines the evolution of China's ever-changing disposition towards European music and Western influences generally.
308 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 14, 1989 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195058369 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 308 |
| Dimensions | 142 × 223 × 27 mm · 578 g |
| Language | English |