Beijing : from imperial capital to Olympic city / Lillian M. Li, Alison J. Dray-Novey, Haili Kong.
Li, Lillian M., 1943-; Dray-Novey, Alison J.; Kong, Haili.
2008
DS795 .L475 2008 (Mapit)
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Title Beijing : from imperial capital to Olympic city / Lillian M. Li, Alison J. Dray-Novey, Haili Kong.
Author Li, Lillian M., 1943-
ISBN 9780230605275 (pbk.)
0230605273 (pbk.)
Publication Details New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008.
Language English
Description xiv, 321 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number DS795 .L475 2008
Note Originally published: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
Added Author Dray-Novey, Alison J.
Kong, Haili.
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The emergence of Beijing as an imperial capital
The Forbidden City and the Qing emperors
Daily life in the inner and outer cities
The city besieged and the last emperors
"Old Beijing" and Republican China
Mao's Beijing and socialist transformation: 1949 to 1976
Economic reform and cultural fever: 1976 to 1989
Beijing boom, urban crisis, and the Olympic city: 1990s and beyond
Epilogue: Preserving the past: the city as museum and showcase.

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