Long Peace Street: A Walk in Modern China - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jonathan ChatwinTheme:Cultural Region/ChinesePublish date:2021-04-06Pages:264
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526151735ISBN-10:1526151731UPC:9781526151735Book Category:History, TravelBook Subcategory:Asia, Essays & TraveloguesBook Topic:China, EastSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCCAWB4814
Recounting a walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the city's recent history, explaining how the present and future of the world's rising superpower has been shaped by its tumultuous past, from the demise of the last imperial dynasty in 1912 through to the present day.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526151735ISBN-10:1526151731UPC:9781526151735Book Category:History, TravelBook Subcategory:Asia, Essays & TraveloguesBook Topic:China, EastSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCCAWB4814
Jonathan Chatwin is a travel writer and journalist. His essays and articles on Chinese history and culture have been published by CNN, the South China Morning Post and the Los Angeles Review of Books amongst other publications. He is the author of Anywhere Out of the World, a literary biography of the traveller and writer Bruce Chatwin. He has lived and travelled widely in China.
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