China in 2008
Subtitle: a year of great significance
By: edited by Kate Merkel-Hess, Kenneth L. Pomeranz, and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.
Contributors: Merkel-Hess, Kate, 1976-; Pomeranz, Kenneth.; Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780742566590; 9780742566606
Subjects: China -- History -- 2002-
Table of contents: title: Inroduction: China in 2008: a reflection on a year of great significance / Kate Merkel-Hess; title: Anxieties of a prosperous age; title: Tibet; title: Meanwhile, across the straits; title: Nationalism and the torch; title: Earthquake and recovery; title: Shanghai images in Beijing's year; title: Tiananmen reconsidered; title: The road to the Olympics; title: The Olympics as spectacle; title: China after the Games; title: Follow the leader; title: Things seen and unseen; title: Pop culture in a global age; title: Reinvented traditions; title: China and the U.S.