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megwritesOkay, for the project I'm currently working on, I need to do some serious research on China, especially modern China from the end of WWII to the present. Though I'm willing to take something that stops in the mid/late-90's if I have to.
The situation is that the main character in the UF!2Girls project is Chinese. She was brought over by her parents when she was an itty bitty baby, because they had to escape the government at that time who were less than appreciative of their brand of magic. Which means knowing the history, the mythology, the religion, and the culture. So, obviously, a metric ton of reading and learning will be needed.
Even though the story takes place in America, there will be flash backs and of course, if nothing else, I need to understand and have a healthy knowledge of the kind of culture and heritage my heroine is bringing with her.
I'm looking into any resources I can get my hands on. Books, websites, anything. I've been using Wikipedia just to find reference books and articles, and I've been compiling a list of books I'm going to order from Amazon.
But I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions, resources they consider essential.
The situation is that the main character in the UF!2Girls project is Chinese. She was brought over by her parents when she was an itty bitty baby, because they had to escape the government at that time who were less than appreciative of their brand of magic. Which means knowing the history, the mythology, the religion, and the culture. So, obviously, a metric ton of reading and learning will be needed.
Even though the story takes place in America, there will be flash backs and of course, if nothing else, I need to understand and have a healthy knowledge of the kind of culture and heritage my heroine is bringing with her.
I'm looking into any resources I can get my hands on. Books, websites, anything. I've been using Wikipedia just to find reference books and articles, and I've been compiling a list of books I'm going to order from Amazon.
But I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions, resources they consider essential.
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Date: 2009-07-02 02:54 am (UTC)It might help if you were a tad more specific about what aspects of China you were looking to research, but China Wakes is an excellent collection of essays on this time period's history by a husband-wife reporter team, the wife herself being a native of China. Just know it's not a comfortable read.
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Date: 2009-07-02 02:13 pm (UTC)I kind of research in layers, starting from the most general and working my way to the specific. Right now, I just need to know what's going during the 1940-present time period, who are the important figures, what's the basic timeline, what are the big events, etc. Then I go from there and get more specific about time/place/topic.