Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index.

Foreword: beyond Marx, Lenin, and Mao / Vladimir Tismaneanu --
Introduction -- Part 1. Adventures in China-watching -- Burgers,
beepers, and bowling alleys -- Mr. Mao ringtones -- All the coffee in
China -- The generalissimo would not be amused -- Part 2. The
inscrutable West -- Searching the stars for Emily Hahn -- Traveling
with Twain -- Around the world with Grant and Li -- The time machine
of Tippecanoe County -- Part 3. Turn-of-the-century flashbacks --
Mixed emotions: China in 1999 -- Karl gets a new cap: Budapest in
2000 -- Patriotism in public life: the United States in 2001 -- A San
Francisco of the East: Hong Kong in 2002 -- Part 4. The tomorrowland
diaries -- China's brave new world -- Chicago in an age of illusions
-- Why go anywhere? -- Faster than a speeding bullet train --
Afterword: rhymes for our times.

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Dewey Class: 951.06 -- General history of Asia China & adjacent areas
LCC Number: DS779.23

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Language: eng
Physical Description: xxiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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