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Chinese characters : profiles of fast-changing lives in a fast-changing land /
An artist paints landscapes of faraway places that she cannot identify in order to find her place in the global economy. A migrant worker sorts recyclables and thinks deeply about the soul of his country, while a Taoist mystic struggles to keep his traditions alive. An entrepreneur capitalizes on a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Who are you this Time?"; Part One: Doubters and Believers; Chapter 1: The North Peak; Chapter 2: The New Generation's Neocon Nationalists; Chapter 3: Out of Tibet; Part Two. Past and Present; Chapter 4: Belonging to Old Beijing; Chapter 5: Another Swimmer; Chapter 6: Looking for Lok To; Part Three: Hustlers and Entrepreneurs; Chapter 7: The Ever-floating Floater; Chapter 8: King of the Road; Chapter 9: Painting the Outside World; Part Four: Rebels and Reformers.
- Chapter 10: The Road to a Better LifeChapter 11: Yong Yang's Odyssey; Chapter 12: The Court Jester; Part Five: Teachers and Pupils; Chapter 13: The Great Wall of Education; Chapter 14: Gilded Age, Gilded Cage; Chapter 15: Shredding for the Motherland; Afterword; Notes and Readings; List of Contributors; Credits.