China's brave new world : and other tales for global times /
Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.
China's brave new world : and other tales for global times / And other tales for global times Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007. - xxiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index.
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.
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2006035028
GBA740058 bnb
013752514 Uk
Civilization, Modern--1950-
China--Civilization--1976-2002.
China--Civilization--2002-
DS779.23 / .W321 2007
951.06
China's brave new world : and other tales for global times / And other tales for global times Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007. - xxiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index.
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.
9780253348890 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253348897 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253219084 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0253219086 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006035028
GBA740058 bnb
013752514 Uk
Civilization, Modern--1950-
China--Civilization--1976-2002.
China--Civilization--2002-
DS779.23 / .W321 2007
951.06