“…Neste livro são analisadas as representações do ayllu da América andina a partir dos dados históricos e etnográficos encontrados nas crônicas indígenas e espanholas do século XVI. …”

“…Esherick's book examines the origins of the Communist revolution in Northwest China, from the political, social, and demographic changes of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), to the intellectual ferment of the early Republic, the guerrilla movement of the 1930s, and the replacement of the local revolutionary leadership after Mao and the Center arrived in 1935. …”

“…Once an intimate of Mao Zedong, Ai Weiwei's father was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as "Little Siberia," where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. …”

“…No obstante, su disidencia lo ha convertido durante mucho tiempo en un objetivo de las autoridades chinas, lo que dio lugar a una aterradora detención secreta en 2011. Su padre, Ai Qing, uno de los poetas chinos más célebres del siglo XX y en su día amigo íntimo de Mao Zedong, fue calificado de derechista durante la Revolución Cultural, y él y su familia fueron desterrados a un lugar desolado conocido como «la Pequeña Siberia», donde fue condenado a trabajos forzados limpiando baños públicos. …”