China's Brave New World [[electronic resource] ] : --And Other Tales for Global Times / / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu
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Wasserstrom Jeffrey N
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China's Brave New World [[electronic resource] ] : --And Other Tales for Global Times / / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 951.06 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civilization, Modern - 1950- |
| Soggetto geografico: | China Civilization 2002- |
| China Civilization 1976-2002 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Foreword: beyond Marx, Lenin, and Mao / Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Introduction -- Part 1. Adventures in China-watching -- Burgers, beepers, and bowling alleys -- Mr. Mao ringtones -- All the coffee in China -- The generalissimo would not be amused -- Part 2. The inscrutable West -- Searching the stars for Emily Hahn -- Traveling with Twain -- Around the world with Grant and Li -- The time machine of Tippecanoe County -- Part 3. Turn-of-the-century flashbacks -- Mixed emotions: China in 1999 -- Karl gets a new cap: Budapest in 2000 -- Patriotism in public life: the United States in 2001 -- A San Francisco of the East: Hong Kong in 2002 -- Part 4. The tomorrowland diaries -- China's brave new world -- Chicago in an age of illusions -- Why go anywhere? -- Faster than a speeding bullet train -- Afterword: rhymes for our times. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | China's Brave New World |
| ISBN: | 0-253-02776-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910154713503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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