| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 328 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Samuel and Althea Stroum book.
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| Note |
"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- The Occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends. |
| Summary |
Richard Baum shares anecdotes from his professional life as a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, discussing his experiences as a China watcher over the course of forty years. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Baum, Richard, 1940-2012.
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Baum, Richard, 1940-2012. |
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Baum, Richard, 1940-2012. |
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Baum, Richard, 1940-2012. |
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Sinologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Sinologists. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
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College teachers. |
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China -- History -- 1949-
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China. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1949- |
| Subject |
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1949 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baum, Richard, 1940- China watcher. Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2010 9780295989976 (DLC) 2009035336 (OCoLC)435711164 |
| ISBN |
9780295800219 (electronic book) |
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0295800216 (electronic book) |
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9780295989976 |
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0295989971 |
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