Eight juxtapositions : China through imperfect analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo
by
Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N., author.
Title
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Eight juxtapositions : China through imperfect analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo
8 juxtapositions : China throught imperfect analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo.
China throught imperfect analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo.
Penguin specials
China specials
Penguin special.
Author
:
Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N., author.
ISBN
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9780734399649
Personal Author
:
Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N., author.
Physical Description
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91 pages ; 19 cm.
Series
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Penguin specials
China specials
Penguin special.
Contents
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The expected and the unexpected -- Tibet and Manchukuo -- A wall and a massacre -- Orwell and Huxley -- China and Russia -- Yu Hua and Mark Twain -- Chicken or beef -- The flat and the bumpy -- The people's pope and big daddy Xi.
Abstract
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"What do Pope Francis and Xi Jinping have in common? More than you think. Approaching the red Rubik's Cube from a new angle, Jeffrey Wasserstrom challenges conventional commentary on China through eight experimental analogies, finding fresh and surprising ways to look at the Asian superpower."--Publisher description.
Geographic Term
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China -- History.
China -- Politics and government.
China -- Social conditions.
Other Variant Titles
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8 juxtapositions : China throught imperfect analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo.
China throught imperfect analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-88).
Field 805
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npmlib 10605245 DS736 W37 ysh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
|---|
| NPM Library | DS736 W37 2016 | 10605245 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |