Republican Beijing - The City and Its Histories

Informationen zum Autor Madeleine Yue Dong is Associate Professor of History at the Jackson School of International Studies! University of Washington. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive history of Republican Beijing, this text examines how the capital acquired its identity as a consummately "traditional" Chinese city. The author argues that nostalgia directed towards the living Republic city is an essential characteristic of Chinese modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Introduction PART I. THE CITY OF PLANNERS Chapter 1. From Imperial Capital to Republican City Chapter 2. Power: The City and Its People Chapter 3. Tradition: The City and the Nation PART II. THE CITY OF EXPERIENCE Chapter 4. Production: Beijing in a New Economic System Chapter 5. Consumption: Spatial and Temporal Hierarchies Chapter 6. Recycling: The Tianqiao District PART III. THE LETTERED CITY Chapter 7. Sociology: Examining Urban Ills Chapter 8. History: Recording Old Beijing Chapter 9. Literature: Writing New Beijing Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Madeleine Yue Dong, Dong Madeleine Yue
• Assisted by: Thomas Bender (Foreword), Bender Thomas (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.08.2003
• EAN: 9780520230507
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23050-7
• No. of pages: 403
• Series: Asia: Local Studies/Global The; Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Urban communities