Beijing
Subtitle: from imperial capital to Olympic city
By: Lillian M. Li, Alison J. Dray-Novey, Haili Kong.
Contributors: Dray-Novey, Alison J.; Kong, Haili.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780230605275
Subjects: Beijing (China) -- Description and travel; Beijing (China) -- Civilization; Beijing (China) -- History
Other titles: From imperial capital to Olympic city
Notes: Originally published: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence of Beijing as an imperial capital; title: The Forbidden City and the Qing emperors; title: Daily life in the inner and outer cities; title: The city besieged and the last emperors; title: "Old Beijing" and Republican China; title: Mao's Beijing and socialist transformation: 1949 to 1976; title: Economic reform and cultural fever: 1976 to 1989; title: Beijing boom, urban crisis, and the Olympic city: 1990s and beyond; title: Epilogue: Preserving the past: the city as museum and showcase.