City of heavenly tranquility
Subtitle: Beijing in the history of China
By: Jasper Becker.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780195309973
Subjects: Beijing (China) -- History; China -- History; Beijing (China) -- Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.
Table of contents: title: In Xanadu; title: The emperor of perpetual happiness; title: Madness in the Forbidden City; title: On the wild wall; title: The Ming tombs; title: In the garden of perfect brightness; title: The broken bowl tea house; title: The last sanctuary of the unknown and marvellous; title: The last manchus; title: In search of the golden flower; title: Mao and Beijing; title: History in stone; title: The strange death of Lao She; title: The red maid's tale; title: The last playboy of Beijing; title: The protectress of flowers; title: Radiant city of the future; title: Destroy!; title: The eternal present.