City of heavenly tranquility : Beijing in the history of China / Jasper Becker.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: viii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates : 25 cmISBN: 9780195309973; 0195309979Subject(s): Beijing (China) -- History | China -- History | Beijing (China) -- Description and travelDDC classification: 951.156Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 951.156 BEC/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P34975 |
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.
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