The last days of old Beijing : life in the vanishing backstreets of a changing city transformed
Meyer, Michael2008
Books
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Walker & Company, c2008.
Collation:
371 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Incomplete contents: Through the front gate -- Becoming teacher plumblossom -- Mocky & me -- Say farewell to dangerous housing -- Wintertime -- Traces of pre-Beijing -- The evening news -- High times in happiness city -- Preserving a sense of place -- Springtime -- The rise and fall of Imperial Beijing -- The unslumming slum -- Saving the old street -- A summer of recycling -- Past tense v. future tense -- The modernization of Republican Beijing -- Miss Zhu remembers the trees -- if someone is sick and you do not aid him, it is your fault, not his.-- The widow's story -- The industrialization of Maoist Beijing -- Echo wall.
ISBN:
9780802717504
Dewey class:
951.156
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
146159
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Countries | 951.156 MEY | Available |