The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition 1984 from the acclaimed author of

from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor

1918年第一次世界大战结束后，魏玛共和国在革命中宣告成立。成立伊始，魏玛共和国便笼罩在不祥的征兆之下。战败的经验以及《凡尔赛和约》的强硬条款为德国带来巨额负债，左翼及右翼极端思想、通货膨胀和大规模失业共同蚕食着人们对魏玛共和国的信任。20世纪30年代初期，集体失望最终演化为绝望，传播希望、承诺虚妄出路的极端纳粹思想日益深得人心。 在这本包罗万象的巨著中，霍斯特·穆勒通过对艾伯特和兴登堡两位魏玛德国总统的描写，以及对以施特雷泽曼为代表的魏玛德国的重要人物及其活动的讲述，描摹了魏玛德国时代的日常生活。本书也对纳粹如何通过虚假的承诺与极端手段导致魏玛共和国的瓦解，进行了详尽的描述。本书生动描绘了魏玛共和国的政治、社会、经济、文化以及社会文化意识形态。

本书稿共有五章，除第一章序论及最后一章结论以外，第二章朝鲜问题与中日甲午战争，叙述甲午战争导火线——朝鲜问题，甲午战争之经过与马关条约的签订，以及清廷朝野对战败的反应。第三章百日维新，讨论康有为与谭嗣同二人的思想。第四章戊戌变法，介绍百日维新后期出现的“借才”与“合邦”之议，以及戊戌变法前后的详细情形。对戊戌变法发生的原因、经过与影响，以及当时中国在国际外交上所面对的处境，得到更清晰的认识。

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The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Revised Edition 1984 from the acclaimed author ofPraise for the first edition: ". . . in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survivaland sometimes the defeatof the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity." Time "The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales. . . is captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition. . . Highly recommended." Choice A classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid and