Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253348890 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253348897 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253219084 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0253219086 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006035028 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA740058  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013752514  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Modern--1950-
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Civilization--1976-2002.<br/>China--Civilization--2002-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS779.23  / .W321 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951.06