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Republican Beijing : the city and its histories / Madeleine Yue Dong

Dong, Madeleine Yue,i1964- [Verfasser]

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 380 pages)

Asia-Local studies/global themes ; 8

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-520-92763-6 ; 0-520-92763-X ; 0-585-45632-1 ; 978-0-585-45632-4 ; 1-59734-862-7 ; 978-1-59734-862-1 ; 0-520-23050-7

LB 72440 MH 50030 NR 9207

 

Peking  Geschichte 1912-1937 

Old Beijing has become a subject of growing fascination in contemporary China since the 1980s. While physical remnants from the past are being bulldozed every day to make space for glass-walled skyscrapers and towering apartment buildings, nostalgia for the old city is booming.