Jasper Becker

Gebundenes Buch

City of Heavenly Tranquility

Beijing in the History of China

Beschreibung

A tour de force by journalist Becker, this book explores how and why the Chinese buried their history and destroyed one of the world's most fabled cities, virtually extinguishing the culture of one of the greatest and oldest civilizations within the span of a single lifetime.

Autor

Jasper Becker, an award-winning author, has worked as a foreign correspondent for twenty-five years, including fifteen years based in Beijing. He is author of Hungry Ghosts, The Chinese, and, most recently, Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea. An expert on East Asian history and politics, Becker's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New Republic, The London Review of Books, National Geographic, and Time Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 155mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780195309973
• ISBN-10: 0195309979
• Artikelnr.: 22523709