China Watcher - Confessions of a Peking Tom

Informationen zum Autor Richard Baum Klappentext This audacious and illuminating memoir reflects on 40 years of learning about the People's Republic of China through China watching--the process by which outsiders gather and decipher official and unofficial information to figure out what's really going on behind China's veil of political secrecy and propaganda.--Richard Baum is professor of political science at UCLA. His many books include Burying Mao: Chinese Politics in the Age of Deng Xiaoping. He is the presenter of a Great Courses video lecture series published by the Teaching Company. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface 1. The Occidental Tourist 2. A Dissertation Is Not a Dinner Party 3. Confessions of a Peking Tom 4. Through the Looking Glass 5. Democracy Deferred 6. Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics 7. The Road to Tiananmen 8. After the Deluge 9. China Rising 10. God in the Machine 11. The Wild, Wild West 12. Beijing Revisited 13. China Watching, Then and Now 14. The Gini in the Jar 15. Loose Ends Epilogue Author's Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index

Product details

• Authors: Richard Baum
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2015
• EAN: 9780295998862
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99886-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books; Samuel and Althea Stroum Books; China Watcher
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories