Two Kinds of Time

Graham Peck (1914-1968) made his first trip to China in 1935 and served with the U.S. Office of War Information in China throughout the 1940s. Two Kinds of Time is witty and eloquent in both its words and the drawings with which it is lovingly illustrated. Long out of print in its unabridged version, this engagingly written eye-witness narrative of China on the eve of revolutio...

Graham Peck (1914-1968) made his first trip to China in 1935 and served with the U.S. Office of War Information in China throughout the 1940s. Two Kinds of Time is witty and eloquent in both its words and the drawings with which it is lovingly illustrated. Long out of print in its unabridged version, this engagingly written eye-witness narrative of China on the eve of revolution remains an important source of historical and political information. Robert A. Kapp's new Introduction analyzes the book's original contribution and highlights its relevance to issues in the twenty-first century world.

Graham Peck

毕业于耶鲁大学，曾于 20 世纪 40 年代在美国战争情报局（U.S.Office of War Information）工作。1935 年，格兰姆·贝克第一次来到中国，就被中国深深吸引了，随即将两周旅行计划延长至两年，回到美国后撰写并出版了《穿越中国长城》（Through China’s Wall）。第二次世界大战爆发后，他抱着毕生研究中国的决心，再次周游中国，并进行广泛采访与调查，详细记录所接触到的一切事与人，从军政要人、外国记者到底层老百姓以及他们的生活状态。1950年，格兰姆·贝克将这段经历整理后以《战时中国》（Two Kinds of Time）之名出版，此书一上市就受到美国全社会尤其是军政两界的高度关注。