02600nam 2200565 a 450 991045709060332120200520144314.01-282-53698-297866125369841-55490-489-7(CKB)2550000000006537(EBL)480339(OCoLC)593330922(SSID)ssj0000344489(PQKBManifestationID)11251022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344489(PQKBWorkID)10312623(PQKB)11311296(MiAaPQ)EBC3028375(CaBNVSL)slc00227398(CEL)434146(Au-PeEL)EBL3028375(CaPaEBR)ebr10366871(EXLCZ)99255000000000653720001113d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWild east[electronic resource] travels in the new Mongolia /Jill LawlessToronto ECW Press20001 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-55022-434-4 Stranger Than Paradise -- The Outsiders -- The Nomad and the Carpetbagger -- Back to the Future -- The School for Scandal -- The Four Seasons -- Young, Wild, and Free -- The Adventurers -- Ghost Towns -- The King of the Tabloids -- A Hearty Meal -- A Stiff Drink -- The Three Manly Sports -- The Space Invaders -- The Falcon and the Parrot -- The Abandoned Monastery -- How the Mongols Got Their Names Back -- The Border -- The End of the Line.Jill Lawless arrived in Mongolia in the late 1990's to find a country waking from centuries of isolation, at once rediscovering its heritage as a nomadic and Buddhist society and simultaneously discovering the western world. The result is a land of fascinating, bewildering contrasts: a vast country where nomadic herders graze their sheep and yaks on the steppe, it also has one of the world's highest literacy levels and a burgeoning high-tech scene. While trendy teenagers rollerblade amid the Soviet apartment blocks of Ulaanbaatar and dance to the latest pop music in nightclubs...Travels in the new MongoliaMongoliaDescription and travelMongoliaSocial life and customsElectronic books.951.7/3Lawless Jill928139MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457090603321Wild east2085788UNINA