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020 $a9781780760520 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aDS775.2$b.B69 2012
082 04 $a951.15604$223
100 1 $aBoyd, Julia,$d1948-
245 12 $aA dance with the dragon :$bthe vanished world of Peking's foreign colony /$cJulia Boyd.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bI.B. Tauris,$c2012.
300 $axxiii, 263 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. Always a magnet for larger than life individuals, Peking attracted characters as diverse as Reginald Johnston (tutor to the last emperor), Bertrand Russell, Pierre Loti, Rabrindranath Tagore, Sven Hedin, Peter Fleming, Wallis Simpson and Cecil Lewis. The last great capital to remain untouched by the modern world, Peking both entranced and horrified its foreign residents. Ignoring the poverty outside their gates, they danced, played and squabbled among themselves, oblivious to the great political events that were to shape modern China unfolding around them. This is a dazzling portrait of an eclectic foreign community and of China itself." -- Publisher's website.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index.
505 0 $aBoxers v. barbarians -- Clearing up -- Retrospect -- Imperial sunset -- Changing China -- Republican dreams -- War -- Peking joins up -- Professors and prophets -- Picnics an Ponies -- Russians red and white -- Nanking interlude -- Dragon bone hunters -- Gathering menace -- Last days of paradise -- After the party -- End game.
650 0 $aAliens$zChina$zBeijing$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAliens$zChina$zBeijing$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aAliens$zChina$zBeijing$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
651 0 $aBeijing (China)$xHistory$y20th century.