Jonathan Chatwin

Gebundenes Buch

Long Peace Street

A Walk in Modern China

Beschreibung

Recounting a walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the cityâ s recent history, explaining how the present and future of the worldâ s rising superpower has been shaped by its tumultuous past, from the demise of the last imperial dynasty in 1912 through to the present day. -- .

Autor

Jonathan Chatwin is a travel writer and journalist. His essays and articles on Chinese history and culture have been published by CNN, the South China Morning Post and the Los Angeles Review of Books amongst other publications. He is the author of Anywhere Out of the World, a literary biography of the traveller and writer Bruce Chatwin. He has lived and travelled widely in China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781526131577
• ISBN-10: 1526131579
• Artikelnr.: 57085497