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Beijing (Reaktion Books - CityScopes)
Linda Jaivin
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Description for Beijing (Reaktion Books - CityScopes)
Paperback. A lively history of Beijing, this book is the ultimate introduction to China's extraordinary city, perfect for travelers and general readers alike. Series: CityScopes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 70 colour, 30 black & white. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Beijing is an intimate and informed portrait of a city at the centre of one of the world's oldest civilizations and the capital of one of its newest superpowers. For hundreds of thousands of years, humans and their ancestors - Peking Man among them - have lived here. Over three and a half millennia, cities have risen and fallen in this place, five of them the capitals of dynastic empires. For centuries the stage for sieges, massacres, rebellions and political spectacle, Beijing has produced or inspired some of China's greatest and most iconic works of literature, ... Read more
Beijing is an intimate and informed portrait of a city at the centre of one of the world's oldest civilizations and the capital of one of its newest superpowers. For hundreds of thousands of years, humans and their ancestors - Peking Man among them - have lived here. Over three and a half millennia, cities have risen and fallen in this place, five of them the capitals of dynastic empires. For centuries the stage for sieges, massacres, rebellions and political spectacle, Beijing has produced or inspired some of China's greatest and most iconic works of literature, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
Series
CityScopes
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780232614
SKU
V9781780232614
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Linda Jaivin
Linda Jaivin is a novelist, essayist, translator and playwright. Her books include Eat Me (1995), A Most Immoral Woman (2009), The Monkey and the Dragon (2001) and New Ghosts, Old Dreams: Chinese Rebel Voices (1992). She lives in Sydney.
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