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Republican Beijing : the city and its histories / Madeleine Yue Dong ; with a foreword by Thomas Bender.
LIBRA DS795.3 .D66 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dong, Madeleine Yue, 1964-
- Series:
- Asia--local studies/global themes ; 8.
- Asia-Local studies/global themes ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beijing (China)--History.
- Beijing (China).
- China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.
- China.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- The first comprehensive history of Republican Beijing, with a focus on social and cultural life in the city. This book examines how Republican Beijing, through the very processes of modernization and the material and cultural practices of reccycling, acquired its identity as a consummately "traditional" Chinese city.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-363) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520230507
- OCLC:
- 51264259
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