Wild east : travels in the new Mongolia /
Jill Lawless arrived in Mongolia in the late 1990s to find a country waking from centuries of isolation, at once rediscovering its heritage as a nomadic and Buddhist society and simultaneously discovering the western world. The result is a land of fascinating, bewildering contrasts: a vast country w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
ECW Press,
2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Stranger Than Paradise; The Outsiders; The Nomad and the Carpetbagger; Back to the Future; The School for Scandal; The Four Seasons; Young, Wild, and Free; The Adventurers; Ghost Towns; The King of the Tabloids; A Hearty Meal; A Stiff Drink; The Three Manly Sports; The Space Invaders; The Falcon and the Parrot; The Abandoned Monastery; How the Mongols Got Their Names Back; The Border; The End of the Line; About the Author; Back Cover.