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China's brave new world : and other tales for global times / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.Description: xxiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780253348890 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253348897 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253219084 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253219086 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • And other tales for global times
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.06 22
LOC classification:
  • DS779.23 .W321 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) DS779.23 .W321 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000061241

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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