The Good Earth: Chinese Culture and History
The time period of Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth spans 1882-1939. This LibGuide will cover the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Boxer Uprising, and the Russo-Japanese War.
The Good Earth Databases
- ABC-CLIO (All History Databases) This link opens in a new windowThis allows you to search all ABC-CLIO databases.
- EBSCO This link opens in a new windowMultiple full-text databases are available on a wide variety of subjects.
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Pearl S. Buck and The Good Earth
The Idyllic Life - Photo by Jimmy Su
"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings. Like
Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life
upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels."
~Pearl S. Buck
Mike Wallace Interviews
Books by or about Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Buck in China : journey to the good earth by Call Number: B BUCISBN: 1416540423Publication Date: 2010A comprehensive biography of Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novel described ordinary life in China.
Pearl of China : a novel by Call Number: F MINISBN: 1596916974Publication Date: 2010A fictional biography of Pearl S. Buck in which the author, as a child, forms a friendship with a young Chinese girl that follows the women through adulthood as they deal with matters of love, loyalty, and repression.
The Good Earth by Call Number: F BUCISBN: 0671729896Publication Date: 1931A story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land and more land, while weathering famine and drought and revolution. Good Earth Trilogy: Volume 1.
Sons by Call Number: F BUCISBN: 1559210397Publication Date: 1932Sons rise against their fathers and experience bitter struggles between the old and the new in China. Good Earth Trilogy: Volume 2.
The Role of Reading in Nine Famous Lives by Call Number: 028 HOWISBN: 0786421339Publication Date: 2005For information on Pearl S. Buck, see p. 131.
They made their mark : an illustrated history of the Society of Woman Geographers by Call Number: 920 EPPISBN: 0762745975Publication Date: 2009For information on Pearl Buck, see p. 56.
Pearl S. Buck
American novelist Pearl S. Buck
PEARL BUCK (1892-1973). - American Novelist.. Fine Art.Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 8 Aug 2012.
CD & DVDs
Becoming American the Chinese Experience by Call Number: DVD 304.8 BECISBN: 0613641005534Publication Date: c2003The experience of the Chinese in America encompasses the conditions that led to their arrival to their many and diverse contributions to the life and success of the country.
The Good Earth [videorecording] by Call Number: DVD F GOOISBN: 0790793083Wang, a poor Chinese farmer, marries Olan, a slave from the 'Great House' and starts raising a family.
The Spoken Word : [sound recording]. American Writers by Call Number: CD 810.9 SPOISBN: 9780712305440Historic recordings of American writers talking about their lives and their art. For information on Pearl Buck, refer to Ch7 in Disc 1.
Web Resources
- What the Remarkable Legacy of Pearl Buck Still Means for ChinaAtlantic Monthly, Aug. 9, 2012
- "Pearl of Orient" NYT EssayEssay by Mike Meyer on Buck and the Good Earth.
- A Pearl S. Buck for the ChineseAuthor Anchee Min reconstructs Buck's life in her novel "Pearl of China."
- Asia for Educators: A Guide to Pearl S. Buck's The Good EarthSite includes a brief overview of Buck's life, the Good Earth, and some discussion questions.