| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 380 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Asia-Local studies/global themes ; 8
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Asia--local studies/global themes ; 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The City of Planners -- 1. From Imperial Capital to Republican City -- 2. Power: The City and Its People -- 3. Tradition: The City and the Nation -- PART TWO: The City of Experience -- 4. Production: Beijing in a New Economic System -- 5. Consumption: Spatial and Temporal Hierarchies -- 6. Recycling: The Tianqiao District -- PART THREE: The Lettered City -- 7. Sociology: Examining Urban Ills -- 8. History: Recording Old Beijing -- 9. Literature: Writing New Beijing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
| Summary |
Old Beijing has become a subject of growing fascination in contemporary China since the 1980s. While physical remnants from the past are being bulldozed every day to make space for glass-walled skyscrapers and towering apartment buildings, nostalgia for the old city is booming. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Beijing (China) -- History.
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China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
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| Chronological Term |
1912-1949 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dong, Madeleine Yue, 1964- Republican Beijing. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003 0520230507 (DLC) 2002155796 (OCoLC)51264259 |
| ISBN |
9780520927636 (electronic book) |
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052092763X (electronic book) |
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0585456321 (electronic book) |
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9780585456324 (electronic book) |
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1597348627 |
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9781597348621 |
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0520230507 |
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9780520230507 |
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1282356577 |
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9781282356573 |
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