China in 2008 : a year of great significance / edited by Kate Merkel-Hess, Kenneth L. Pomeranz, and Wasserstrom ; with Miri Kim ; foreword by Jonathan D. Spence.
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TextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009Description: xii, 332p. : 23cmISBN: 9780742566590 (cloth : alk. paper); 0742566595 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780742566606 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0742566609 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): China -- History -- 2002- | People's Republic of China period (1949- ) | China -- HistoryDDC classification: 951.06 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 951.06 HES/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P12960 |
Foreword / Jonathan D. Spence -- Introduction. China in 2008: Reflections on a Year of Great Significance / Kate Merkel-Hess -- Ch. 1. Anxieties of a Prosperous Age -- Coal Miner's Daughter / Kate Merkel-Hess -- Ch. 2. Tibet -- Media Coverage of Tibet / James Miles -- Ch. 3. Meanwhile, Across the Straits ... -- The Election in Taiwan / Yong Chen -- Ch. 4. Nationalism and The Torch -- Follow the Bouncing Torch / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- Ch. 5. Earthquake and Recovery -- Giving Long-Term Relief / Yong Chen -- Ch. 6. Shanghai Images in Beijing's Year -- A Better Life in New Shanghai? / Maura Elizabeth Cunningham -- Ch. 7. Tiananmen Reconsidered -- Revolutionary Anniversaries / Kate Merkel-Hess -- Ch. 8. The Road to the Olympics -- Vietnam's Youth Given a Rare Chance to Protest - against China / Caroline Finlay -- Ch. 9. The Olympics as Spectacle -- Painting over Mao: Notes on the Inauguration of the Beijing Olympic Games / Geremie R. Barme -- Ch. 10. China After the Games -- After the Olympics, What? / Nicolai Volland -- Ch. 11. Follow the Leader -- Early Critics of Deng Xiaoping - A 1978 Flashback / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- Ch. 12. Things Seen and Unseen -- Why Was Yao Ming Fined? / Susan Brownell -- Ch. 13. Pop Culture in a Global Age -- Rocking Beijing / Eric Setzekorn -- Ch. 14. Reinvented Traditions -- It's Not Just 8/8/08: A Year of Chinese Anniversaries / Kenneth L. Pomeranz -- Ch. 15. China and the United States -- Culture and Collapse / Pierre Fuller -- Conclusion: Postcard from December: A Year of What Significance? / Kenneth L. Pomeranz -- Appendix: China in 2008: A Chronology.
Inroduction: China in 2008: reflection on a year of great significance / Kate Merkel-Hess --
Anxieties of a prosperous age --
Tibet --
Meanwhile, across the straits ... --
Nationalism and the torch --
Earthquake and recovery --
Shanghai images in Beijing's year --
Tiananmen reconsidered --
The road to the Olympics --
The Olympics as spectacle --
China after the games --
Follow the leader --
Things seen and unseen --
Pop culture in a global age --
Reinvented traditions --
China and the United States.
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