China+-+The+Good+Earth

1890 – 1930 Rural China in the province of Anhwei and Kiangsu Later the city of Nan King
 * The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck **

Life-sustaining bond of human beings to the land, Importance of family as the central unit of society Class conflict The place of women in traditional society On the birth of their daughter “//It is only a slave this time — not worth mentioning,"// Wealth as destroyer of traditional values How the lack of traditional values can be the downfall of a family.
 * Themes **

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 * Traditional Society and Culture**

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 * China Country Studies**

the last imperial dynasty []
 * Ch’ing dynasty (Qing) ** – **a Manchu dynasty** in China that lasted from 1644 until 1912,

Timeline – look for Qing Dynasty []

Confucius The Sayings [] Confucius [] Maps []

Boxer Rebellion – a Chinese secret society, the *Righteous Uniting Band, that in 1900 attempted by violence to drive foreigners out of China and to force Chinese converts to Christianity to renounce their faith (*the Chinese words were mistranslated as “Righteous Uniting Fists,” and members became known in western papers as the Boxers) []
 * The Boxer Rebellion (1900) and Reforms of the Early 1900’s **

Sun Yat-sen – a Westernized Chinese revolutionary who had first tried to overthrow the Ch’ing in an abortive coup attempt in 1895, leader of the1911 Revolution and often referred to as “The Father of the Revolution”
 * The 1911 Revolution led by Sun Yat-sen **