中国大运河是中国古代南北交通的大动脉，是一处超大规模的线性文化遗产，她促进了古代经济文化发展和社会进步，对于中华民族的发展具有不可替代的重要作用，而运河文化也是中华文化的重要组成部分。另一方面，外国读者，甚至中国读者，对于大运河的重要性却不甚了了。《来自中国的明信片(大运河纪行英文版)(精)》通过对杭州、湖州、嘉兴、绍兴和宁波等五个城市的大运河（以及其沿岸特色城镇）的考察，作者大卫·皮卡斯将向读者讲述讲述大运河的历史文化变迁、介绍这些地方的历史、文化、艺术、人情风俗，并试图将整个叙事置于中国政治、经济以及文化和历史的大背景之下，与此同时，作者也会着重讲述自己沿途的见闻，并借此想读者展示浙江省以及整个中国在现当代的快速变化和发展。

大卫·皮卡斯，David Pickus was born in Chicago, USA andmoved to China in 2013. He currently teaches in theGlobal Engagement program at Zhejiang University.He received his Ph.D. in German history fromthe University of Chicago in 1995. After that, hetaught history and the humanities at James MadisonUniversity and Arizona State University. During thistime, he spent a year living in Belgrade, Serbia. Beforecoming to Hangzhou, he taught world history at the Renmin University of Chinain Beijing from 2013 to 2017. In addition to recording his impressions of China,his academic research concentrates on central and east European history, Jewishculture, and the globalization of higher education. His favorite activity is travel, andhe is always happy to visit a new place or consider a familiar location from a newperspective.

Prologue
Part One
Exploring China: Past and Present
1. Chinas Grand Canal: A Very Short Introduction
2. The Grand Canal Veterans
3. The Journey to the People's Republic of China
4. Xixi Lu: A Walk through Hangzhou
Part Two
Postcards from the Grand Canal
5. Luoyang and the "Start" of the Grand Canal
6. Wuxi and the Aesthetics of the Grand Canal
7. Suzhou and the Endurance of Culture
8. Yangzhou and Wuzhen: A Mix of Tradition and Modernization
9. Lu Xun, Driverless Cars, and Transport on the Grand Canal
10. Tea and Globalization (One)
11. Tea and Globalization (Two)
Part Three
The Globalizers along the Grand Canal
12. Lu Zhigang: Entrepreneur, Scientist and the Restorer of the Grand Canal
13. Joanne Du: STEM Educator and Innovator
14. Yu Wanlun: Crafter and Umbrellas Maker
15. Xu Qi: An Innovator in Maps
16. Elena Gladkaya: A Russian Who Globalizes China
17. Barking Dear and Pine Bakery: "I Gotta Be Me"
18. Lin Fan: Community Organizer
19. Sun Minyan: Photographer of the Grand Canal
Part Four
Literature, China, and Globalization
20. Understanding Ba Jin, Understanding the (Symbolic) Grand Canal
21. Ch'oe Pu the Korean: "My Journey along the Grand Canal in 1488"
22. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index