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Author Baum, Richard, 1940-

Title China watcher [electronic resource] : confessions of a Peking Tom / Richard Baum.

Imprint Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 328 p. : ill.
Series Samuel and Althea Stroum book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface -- The occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Baum, Richard, 1940-
Sinologists -- United States -- Biography.
College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
China -- History -- 1949-
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780295989976 (hardback : alk. paper)
0295989971 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780295800219 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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