Faces in the Crowd: 36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin Ingram Publisher Services The operation was considered a

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and the lives of the people who remain in the fragile landscapes that are left behind

这本书的价值远远超出了其本身详实的叙述……作者提出了一些非常重要的问题，这些问题关乎于公共机构从来都不是以一种中立的方式形塑和报道事件的意义。这是一项值得广泛传播的成就。”——戈登·普拉德尔（Gordon Pradl），纽约大学教授

Faces in the Crowd: 36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin Ingram Publisher Services The operation was considered aIn the gateway city, only the best stories survive The port of Tianjin is where the ancient Chinese empire met the sea. The turn of the 20th century was a tumultuous time for the city, with the Qing dynasty on its last legs and the Boxers unleashing their ill fated rebellion against the European trading concessions that had colonised its streets. For Tianjins inhabitants, daily life carried on. These hardy people were shaped by the bitter earth from