Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories Volume 8

by Madeleine Yue Dong

Old Beijing has become a subject of growing fascination in contemporary China since the 1980s. While physical remnants from the past are being bulldozed every day to make space for glass-walled skyscrapers and towering apartment buildings, nostalgia for the old city is booming. Madeleine Yue Dong offers the first comprehensive history of Republican Beijing, examining how the capital acquired its identity as a consummately "traditional" Chinese city.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520230507
• ISBN13: 9780520230507
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"