Beijing

from imperial capital to Olympic city

  • 4 Want to read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 4 Want to read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
November 30, 2023 | History

Beijing

from imperial capital to Olympic city

  • 4 Want to read

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
321

Buy this book

Previews available in: English Undetermined

Edition Availability
Cover of: Beijing
Beijing: from imperial capital to Olympic city
2008, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
Cover of: BEIJING: FROM IMPERIAL CAPITAL TO OLYMPIC CITY.
BEIJING: FROM IMPERIAL CAPITAL TO OLYMPIC CITY.
2007, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
in Undetermined
Cover of: Beijing
Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City
May 29, 2007, Palgrave Macmillan
Hardcover in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Originally published: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.

Published in
New York, N.Y
Other Titles
From imperial capital to Olympic city

Classifications

Library of Congress
DS795.3 .L512 2008,

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 321 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
321

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22515747M
Internet Archive
beijingfromimper0000lili
ISBN 10
0230605273
ISBN 13
9780230605275
LCCN
2008276425, 2007060507
OCLC/WorldCat
269420380
Library Thing
3815848
Goodreads
3350513

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

See All

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
November 30, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
January 14, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
October 23, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 20, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
November 15, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record