The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed

Name: The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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By Meyer, Mr Michael

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The Last Days of Old Beijing A fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, relentlessly modernizes. Soon we will be able to say about old Beijing that what emperors, warlords, Japanese invaders, and Communist planners couldn't eradicate, the market economy has. Weaving historical vignettes of Beijing and China over a thousand years Michael M... Full description

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 371
Release Date:: 2009-05-04
Publication Date:: 2009-05-04
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0802717500
Weight:: 318 g

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