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Oracle bones : a journey between China's past and present / Peter Hessler. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins, (c)2006.Edition: first edition.itionDescription: xi, 491 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780060826581
LOC classification:
  • DS712.H587.O733 2006
  • DS712
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Contents:
Author's note -- Artifact A : The underground city -- middleman -- Artifact B : The written world -- voice of America -- broken bridge -- Artifact C : The wall -- overnight city -- Starch -- Hollywood -- Artifact D : The voice of the turtle -- At night you're not lonely -- Immigration -- courtyard -- Artifact E : The bronze head -- Anniversary -- Sichuanese -- Artifact F : The book -- Asylum -- Artifact G : The uncracked bone -- games -- Sand -- Artifact H : The word -- Translation -- Flags -- Straight to video -- Artifact I : The horse -- Wonton western -- Election -- Chinatown -- Artifact J : The criticism -- State visit -- Artifact K : The lost alphabets -- Encapsulate prime -- Artifact L : The misprinted character -- Patton's tomb -- Artifact Z : The sold words -- Tea -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject: Explores how China has changed over the last century, focusing on the role of the Chinese people in this transformation and the country's growing links to the Western world and its people.
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Author's note -- Artifact A : The underground city -- middleman -- Artifact B : The written world -- voice of America -- broken bridge -- Artifact C : The wall -- overnight city -- Starch -- Hollywood -- Artifact D : The voice of the turtle -- At night you're not lonely -- Immigration -- courtyard -- Artifact E : The bronze head -- Anniversary -- Sichuanese -- Artifact F : The book -- Asylum -- Artifact G : The uncracked bone -- games -- Sand -- Artifact H : The word -- Translation -- Flags -- Straight to video -- Artifact I : The horse -- Wonton western -- Election -- Chinatown -- Artifact J : The criticism -- State visit -- Artifact K : The lost alphabets -- Encapsulate prime -- Artifact L : The misprinted character -- Patton's tomb -- Artifact Z : The sold words -- Tea -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Explores how China has changed over the last century, focusing on the role of the Chinese people in this transformation and the country's growing links to the Western world and its people.

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