My rating:
add to my books
Loading...
The Slaves of the Cool Mountains: Travels Among Head-Hunters and Slave-Owners in South-West China
Alan Winnington traveled to Yunnan province and spent several months with the headhunting Wa and the slave-owning Norsu and Jingpaw. The first European to enter and leave this area alive, Winnington reported on the struggle of recently released slaves as they came to terms with their newfound freedom.
Paperback, 211 pages
Published
September 30th 2008
by Serif Publishing
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-3
of
3)
The British journalist describes his visits to Yunnan in 1956-57, when, accompanied by CCP journalists and officials, he observed the “civilizing process” among the Nosuo, the Wa, and the Jingpo. He focuses particularly on the slave system among the first two peoples, and how “Jiefang” (i.e. the local work committees of the CCP) slowly undermined those systems. Lots of local color and detail—seen from a distance, and with a strong pro-CCP bias—about how the CCP worked to “Do good and make friend...more
Tara
marked it as to-read
Chelsea
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
