China's Brave New World And Other Tales for Global Times

Name: China's Brave New World And Other Tales for Global Times
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ISBN: 9780253219084

ISBN-10: 0253219086

ISBN-13: 9780253219084

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Vladimir Tismaneanu

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Provocative insights into China, travel, and technology in the 21st century

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 5/22/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Foreword: Beyond Marx, Lenin, and Mao



Introduction



Adventures in China-Watching



Burgers, Beepers, and Bowling Alleys



Mr. Mao Ringtones



All the Coffee in China



The Generalissimo Would Not Be Amused



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



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



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


Acknowledgments


Bibliography of Works Discussed


Index