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Genre/Form: | Book Travel writing Récits de voyages |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Hessler |
ISBN: | 0060826584 9780060826581 9780060826598 0060826592 |
OCLC Number: | 61247415 |
Description: | xi, 491 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Author's note -- pt. 1 -- Artifact A : The underground city -- 1. The middleman -- Artifact B : The written world -- 2. The voice of America -- 3. The broken bridge -- Artifact C : The wall -- 4. The overnight city -- pt. 2 -- 5. Starch -- 6. Hollywood -- Artifact D : The voice of the turtle -- 7. At night you're not lonely -- 8. Immigration -- 9. The courtyard -- Artifact E : The bronze head -- 10. Anniversary -- 11. Sichuanese -- pt. 3 -- Artifact F : The book -- 12. Asylum -- Artifact G : The uncracked bone -- 13. The games -- 14. Sand -- Artifact H : The word -- 15. Translation -- 16. Flags -- 17. Straight to video -- Artifact I : The horse -- 18. Wonton western -- 19. Election -- pt. 4 -- 20. Chinatown -- Artifact J : The criticism -- 21. State visit -- Artifact K : The lost alphabets -- 22. Encapsulate prime -- Artifact L : The misprinted character -- 23. Patton's tomb -- Artifact Z : The sold words -- 24. Tea -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Other Titles: | Journey between China's past and present |
Responsibility: | Peter Hessler. |
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Abstract:
Explores how China has changed over the last century, focusing on the role of the Chinese people in this transformation and the country's growing links to the Western world and its people.
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