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City of heavenly tranquillity : Beijing in the history of China

Title
City of heavenly tranquillity : Beijing in the history of China / Jasper Becker.
Author
Becker, Jasper.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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viii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.
Contents
In Xanadu -- The emperor of perpetual happiness -- Madness in the Forbidden City -- On the wild wall -- The Ming tombs -- In the garden of perfect brightness -- The broken bowl tea house -- The last sanctuary of the unknown and marvellous -- The last manchus -- In search of the golden flower -- Mao and Beijing -- History in stone -- The strange death of Lao She -- The red maid's tale -- The last playboy of Beijing -- The protectress of flowers -- Radiant city of the future -- Destroy! -- The eternal present.
Call Number
JFE 08-6627
ISBN
  • 9780195309973
  • 0195309979
LCCN
2008004249
OCLC
  • 191758450
  • vendorOCN191758450
Author
Becker, Jasper.
Title
City of heavenly tranquillity : Beijing in the history of China / Jasper Becker.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-6627
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