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 InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2008047536
ISBN9780742566590 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742566595 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742566606 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0742566609 (pbk. : alk. paper)