The horse that leaps through clouds : a tale of espionage, the Silk Road, and the rise of modern China
題名:
The horse that leaps through clouds : a tale of espionage, the Silk Road, and the rise of modern China
作者:
Tamm, Eric Enno.
ISBN（國際標準書號）:
9781582437347
9781582438177
主要作者:
出版資訊:
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, c2011.
稽核項:
xxi, 496 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
內容:
Notes -- Prologue: Crossing the Mannerheim Line -- Eurasia -- The Secret Agent / The Nobels' Prize / Fear and Loathing / The Great Game Redux / Travels on the Synthetic Road / Western China -- Mission Impossible / Oases and Outposts / The Horse That Leaps through Clouds / The Banquet / Treasure Hunt / Barbarians Inside the Gate / The Chinese Renaissance / Stoned / Northern China -- Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics / The Harmonious Countryside / Opium of the People / The Wanderer / The Soot Road / Reawakening / Epilogue: To the Finland Station -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sources -- Endnotes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
摘要:
Recreating the journey of Carl Mannerheim, a Finnish envoy sent by the last Russian tsar to study China in 1906, the author presents insights into modern China and examines the tensions between the Communist government's need for control and the Western ideals of democracy and personal freedom.
書目索引附錄等註:
Includes bibliographical references (p.467-476) and index.
登入號(微縮資料號):
npmlib 10802342 DS712 T3546 ysh