About this title: What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? And why do some Communist Party cadres get promoted if they care for their elderly parents? In this entertaining and illuminating book, one of the few Westerners to teach at a Chinese university draws on his personal experiences to paint an unexpected portrait of a society undergoing faster and more sweeping changes than anywhere else on earth. With a storyteller's eye for detail, Daniel Bell observes the rituals, routines, and tensions ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780691136905ISBN:0691136904
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Univ. PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780691136905ISBN:0691136904
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 258 pages. What is it like to be a westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially marxist state? why do chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? this book gives an account of chinese culture and, along the way, debunks a variety of stereotypes. it covers such diverse social topics as sex, sports, and the treatment of domestic workers. (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2008-04-07
ISBN-13:9780691136905ISBN:0691136904
Description: Like New. As pictured. Very light shelfwear along the edge of the dust cover otherwise in new condition. Tight binding and straight boards. No marks or creases throughout. A clean, tight, like new book. Excellent customer service is our first priority. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780691136905ISBN:0691136904
Description: 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in fine dj. Prev. owner stamp on bottom text-block edge, contents bright, crisp & clean, unread; dj glossy. xvii, 240 p. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780691136905ISBN:0691136904
Description: "China's New Confucianism" is a lively, informed, and very insightful look at modern China. Daniel A. Bell has an established reputation as an academic analyst. With this book he has accomplished something rarer and more impressive: combining his sc... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780691136905ISBN:0691136904
Description: New. What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? This book gives an account of Chinese culture and, along the way, debunks a variety of stereo... read more
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