ISBN:
9780295989976
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 328 S.
,
Ill.
DDC:
951.05092
Keywords:
Baum, Richard
;
Sinologists Biography
;
College teachers Biography
;
China History 1949-
;
China Politics and government 1949-
;
Autobiografie
;
Autobiografie
;
Autobiografie
;
Autobiografie
;
USA
;
China
;
Internationale Politik
;
Sinologe
Abstract:
Preface -- The Occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- The occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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