About this title: A fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing is pictured through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, relentlessly modernizes.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this item supports Pierce County libraries. Thriftbooks and PCL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Good. 0802716520 ** Ex-Library book with related stickers and stampings. Slight wear on corners and edges from circulation. Clean text and good binding. Hawaii and Alaska residents are asked to use pri or ity shipping. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: 2008-06-24
ISBN-13:9780802716521ISBN:0802716520
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Walker & Co
Date Published: 2009-05-04
ISBN-13:9780802717504ISBN:0802717500
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780802717504ISBN:0802717500
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker & Co
Date Published: 2008-06-24
ISBN-13:9780802716521ISBN:0802716520
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780802716521. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780802716521ISBN:0802716520
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Edition: First US Edition; Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780802716521ISBN:0802716520
Description: New in New dust jacket. 9780802716521. New first American U. S. Edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover.; 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.2 Inches; 368 pages. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 2008. Hardcover. 1 Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 2008. Hardcover. 1 Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780802716521ISBN:0802716520
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780802716521ISBN:0802716520
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780802717504ISBN:0802717500
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 371 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. first paperback printing, like new, no creasing or writing read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780802717504ISBN:0802717500
Description: New. A fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, relentlessly modernizes. Soon we will be able to say about old Beijing that what emperors, warlords, Japanese invaders... read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker & Co., New York
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780802716521ISBN:0802716520
Description: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed. 355 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dustjacket. Edge wear and slight scuffing to jacket, bumping to upper edges and corners. Edge wear to book. Interior clean. read more
"A perfect book to read before going to Beijing. Learning about Beijing's hutongs, which are ever disappearing due to the quest for a modern Beijing, makes me wonder if newer is always better? Loved the history, the culture, and the people."
"Fascinating true account of a man who lived in Beijing for a decade as a volunteer teacher. Interesting interactions with fellow teachers, neighbors. Also some historical accounts of Beijing and China from emperors, warlords, Japanese invaders and Communists."
"Good, moving ground-level account of the unfolding destruction of one of the world's unique urban environments, the hutongs of Beijing. It's painful to see what is being thoughtlessly destroyed in the name of "progress."
The sense of loss of the past and awkward transition to the modern is encapsulated in a May 9, 2007 announcement on the Beijing Evening News regarding Front Gate Avenue, one of the historic major thoroughfares of the city:
"After renovations, the street will...restore the late-Qing dynasty and early Republican-era architecture, recalling the appearance of the ancient capital, and display its grand historical culture, while combining the traditional and modern in a newly built pedestrian shopping mall.""
"An American teacher lives in the traditional courtyard housing of the urban poor in Beijing, even as the government is destroying these neighborhoods in an attempt to modernize the city for the Olympics. This was a fascinating "street level" look at Chinese culture."
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