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China in ten words / Yu Hua ; translated from the Chinese by Allan H. Barr.
Van Pelt Library PL2928.H78 S5513 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yu, Hua, 1960-
- Standardized Title:
- Shi ge ci hui zhong de zheng guo. English
- 十个词汇里的中国. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- Manners and customs.
- China.
- China--History--Anecdotes.
- History.
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- Economic conditions.
- China--Social life and customs--21st century.
- China--Civilization--21st century.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 225 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- Spine title also in Chinese: Ren min, ling xiu, yue du, xie zuo, Lu Xun, ge ming, cha ju, cao gen, shan zhai, hu you.
- Spine title also in Chinese 人民,领袖,阅读,写作,鲁迅,革命,差距,草根,山寨,忽悠
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- Uses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China's modern economic gaps, cultural transformations, and ubiquitous practices of deception.
- Contents:
- People
- Leader
- Reading
- Writing
- Lu Xun
- Revolution
- Disparity
- Grassroots
- Copycat
- Bamboozle.
- ISBN:
- 9780307379351
- 0307379353
- OCLC:
- 701810348
- Publisher Number:
- 99945723951
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