Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s

Rickshaw Beijing: city people and politics in the 1920s 9780520063112, 9780520913875, 9780520082861

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Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s 0520063112, 9780520063112

Based on the author's dissertation. Includes bibliographical references.

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Opera and the City: The Politics of Culture in Beijing, 1770-1900 9780804782623

Opera and the City analyzes court-city (and state-society) tensions surrounding gender, class, and ethnicity during the

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Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories 9780520927636

Old Beijing has become a subject of growing fascination in contemporary China since the 1980s. While physical remnants f

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Insight Guides: Beijing City Guide (Insight City Guides)

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Insight Guides: Beijing City Guide 4008880089

Insight City Guide Beijing is a full-colour, comprehensive travel guide to this historic and exciting city.Full-colour p

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Visions of Vienna: Narrating the City in 1920s and 1930s Cinema 9789048531684

Vienna, with its stunning architecture and unforgettable streetscape, has long provided a backdrop for filmmakers. Visio

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Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Modern Austin 9780292792784

As Austin grew from a college and government town of the 1950s into the sprawling city of 2010, two ideas of Austin as a

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The Urbanization of People: The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City 9780231555838

Eli Friedman reveals how cities in China have granted public goods to the privileged while condemning poor and working-c

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City Politics in Canada 9781487575908

City Politics in Canada offers a new perspective on Canadian municipal politics. It concerns the practice of politics at

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