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China's great train : Beijing's drive west and the campaign to remake Tibet

Title
China's great train : Beijing's drive west and the campaign to remake Tibet / Abrahm Lustgarten.
Author
Lustgarten, Abrahm.
Publication
New York : Times Books, 2008.
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Description
x, 305 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"This book is a vivid account of China's unstoppable quest to build a railway into Tibet, and the country's obsession to transform its land and its people. It is a timely firsthand account of the Chinese boom and the challenges and costs of the rapid development of the world's most populous country."--BOOK JACKET.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293) and index.
Contents
Pt. I. A Fifty-Year Ambition -- 1. Now Is the Time -- 2. A Sometime Buddhist -- 3. A Bigger Stage -- 4. Stray Dogs -- Pt. II. Go West -- 5. Moving Heaven and Earth -- 6. Free Tibet -- 7. Under a Han Sun -- 8. The Gambler -- Pt. III. Treasure House -- 9. The Race to Reach Lhasa -- 10. Paradise Rebuilt -- 11. When the Wang Family Came to Town -- 12. Hu's West.
ISBN
  • 9780805083248
  • 0805083243
LCCN
  • 2008004165
  • 40015487227
OCLC
  • ocn191898131
  • SCSB-9034956
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries