China in 2008 : a year of great significance / edited by Kate Merkel-Hess, Kenneth L. Pomeranz, and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; with Miri Kim ; foreword by Jonathan D. Spence.
| Other author | Merkel-Hess, Kate, 1976- |
| Other author | Pomeranz, Kenneth. |
| Other author | Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009. |
| Description | xii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2008047536 |
| ISBN | 9780742566590 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742566595 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780742566606 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742566609 (pbk. : alk. paper) |