China's Transformations The Stories Beyond the Headlines

Name: China's Transformations The Stories Beyond the Headlines
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ISBN: 9780742538634

ISBN-10: 074253863X

ISBN-13: 9780742538634

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lionel M. Jensen, Timothy B. Weston, Peter Hays Gries, Barbara J. Dilly, Susan D. Blum

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This successor volume to China beyond the Headlines takes the reader even farther beyond the front stage to explore a China few Westerners have seen. Seeking to bridge the gap between what specialists understand and the general public believes, the contributors challenge readers to move past the usual images of China presented by the media and to think about shared problems. In an entirely new set of essays, they explore such critical issues as environmental degradation, nationalism, unemployment, film and literature, news reporting, the Internet, sex tourism, and the costs of the economic boom to vividly portray the complexity of life in contemporary China and how surprisingly often it…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.03" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.320