This delightfully eclectic book, part comedy, part travelogue, and part cultural history, uncovers the story of the British delegations that were invited to China in 1954 - a full eighteen years before President Nixon's more famous 1972 mission. INDICE: Preface; Part I: In the Spirit of Geneva (London to Minsk); 1: Embarkation; 2: Holding Out in the Legation Quarter; 3: Paul Hogarth's MarxistShudder; 4: The Battle of British 'Friendship'; 5: The Charms of Anti-Americanism; 6: Barbara Castle's Bevanite Sigh; 7: Chou En-lai's Winning Smile; Part II: One Good Elk and Dinner with the Politburo (Moscow); 8: Flowers for Edith Summerskill; 9: Just Like Manchester a Hundred Years Ago; 10: The Tragic Thoughts of Chairman Smith; 11: Stanley Spencer's Pyjama Cord and the Socialist Tree; Part III: Anticipating China (Moscow to Ulan Bator); 12: Ghosts over Siberia (Casson and Pulleyblank); 13: A Blue Jacket for Abraham Lincoln (Paul Hogarth); 14: How China Came to Cookham (Stanley Spencer); 15: Brown Phoenix Over Mongolia (Cedric Dover); Part IV: Listening to the Oriole (China); 16: Clement Attlee's Break; 17: Popeyed Among the Tibetans: the Undiplomatic Rapture of theCultural Delegation; 18: Cadillacs, Coal Mines and Co-ops: the Second Labour Delegation Grapples with the Facts; 19: 'Nuts About Pavlov?' Resuming the Scientific Dialogue; Part V: The Artist's Reckoning (China); 20: Revolution in theArt Schools and Museums; 21: Paul Hogarth's Sky Full of Diamonds; 22: StanleySpencer's Takeaway; Afterword: The Vision Fades
- ISBN: 978-0-19-954193-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 624
- Fecha Publicación: 28/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés