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Beijing : from imperial capital to Olympic city
- Title
- Beijing : from imperial capital to Olympic city / Lillian M. Li, Alison J. Dray-Novey, Haili Kong.
- Author
- Li, Lillian M., 1943-
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xiv, 321 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
- Contents
- The emergence of Beijing as an imperial capital -- The Forbidden City and the Qing emperors -- Daily life in the inner and outer cities -- The city besieged and the last emperors -- "Old Beijing" and Republican China -- Mao's capital and socialist transformation: 1949 to 1976 -- Economic reform and cultural fever: 1976 to 1989 -- Beijing boom, urban crisis, and the Olympic city: 1990s and beyond -- Epilogue: Preserving the past: the city as museum and showcase.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-1193
- ISBN
- 1403964734 (alk. paper)
- 9781403964731 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007060507
- OCLC
- 78792137
- Author
- Li, Lillian M., 1943-
- Title
- Beijing : from imperial capital to Olympic city / Lillian M. Li, Alison J. Dray-Novey, Haili Kong.
- Imprint
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Dray-Novey, Alison J.Kong, Haili.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-1193