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City Of Heavenly Tranquillity
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Author : Jasper Becker
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2008-06-05
City Of Heavenly Tranquillity written by Jasper Becker and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-05 with History categories.
The great city of Beijing, capital of China from the ninth century, and given its form for five hundred years by the Ming Dynasty, was for a millennium one of the most extraordinary places on earth. At a time when London, Paris, or Rome had only several hundred thousand residents, Beijing held over a million. This book tells the history of this great city, and through it provides a highly engaging summary history of China. In the summer of 1997, President Jiang Zemin made a decision to destroy the old city. There was no announcement, no explanation given, nor any attempt made to justify his decision. Even those working as architects only became aware of what was happening when it was already too late. Expertly moving between historical analysis and reportage, Jasper Becker describes the impact of this systematic destruction, a unique telling of the history of Beijing that encapsulates both the grandeur of its creation and the tragedy of its current transformation.
Peking
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Author : Susan Naquin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001-01-15
Peking written by Susan Naquin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-15 with History categories.
The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's varied public arenas, the city's transformation over five centuries, its human engagements, and its rich cultural imprint. This study shows how modern Beijing's glittering image as China's great and ancient capital came into being and reveals the shifting identities of a much more complex past, one whose rich social and cultural history Naquin splendidly evokes. Temples, by providing a place where diverse groups could gather without the imprimatur of family or state, made possible a surprising assortment of community-building and identity-defining activities. By revealing how religious establishments of all kinds were used for fairs, markets, charity, tourism, politics, and leisured sociability, Naquin shows their decisive impact on Peking and, at the same time, illuminates their little-appreciated role in Chinese cities generally. Lacking most of the conventional sources for urban history, she has relied particularly on a trove of commemorative inscriptions that express ideas about the relationship between human beings and gods, about community service and public responsibility, about remembering and being remembered. The result is a book that will be essential reading in the field of Chinese studies for years to come.
Peking
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Author : Felix Greene
language : en
Publisher: Popular Culture Ink
Release Date : 1978
Peking written by Felix Greene and has been published by Popular Culture Ink this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Beijing (China) categories.
A Short History Of Beijing
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Author : Jonathan Clements
language : en
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Release Date : 2022-07-26
A Short History Of Beijing written by Jonathan Clements and has been published by Haus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-26 with History categories.
A guide to the history of China’s capital, from before its rise to prominence as the seat of empires to the 2022 Winter Olympics. Before China’s capital became a sprawling megacity and international center of business and culture, its fortunes fluctuated under a dozen dynasties. It has been a capital for several states, including those headed by Mongolian chiefs and the glorious Ming emperors, whose tombs can still be found on its outskirts. And before all that, it was a campsite for primitive hominids, known as the Peking Man. A Short History of Beijing tells the story of this remarkable city, from its more famous residents—Khubilai Khan, Marco Polo, and Chairman Mao—right up to the twenty-first century, as modern construction wiped out so much of the old city to make way for its twenty-million-strong population. Through his timely and intimate portrait of the world’s most populous capital city, Jonathan Clements reveals the history of China itself.
Description Of Peking
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Author : Joseph Edkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Description Of Peking written by Joseph Edkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Beijing (China) categories.
Peking Opera
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Author : Chengbei Xu
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-03-09
Peking Opera written by Chengbei Xu and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-09 with History categories.
Peking Opera provides a comprehensive illustrated introduction to the origins and development of this unique performance art.
Moment In Peking
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Author : Yutang Lin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Moment In Peking written by Yutang Lin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Beijing (China) categories.
Family life among the upper middle class of China from the Boxer Rebellion in 1899 to the Japanese invasion of the 1930's.
Guide For Tourists To Peking And Its Environs
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
Guide For Tourists To Peking And Its Environs written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Beijing (China) categories.
Peking And The Pekingese During The First Year Of The British Embassy At Peking
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Author : David Field Rennie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
Peking And The Pekingese During The First Year Of The British Embassy At Peking written by David Field Rennie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with Beijing (China) categories.
Diary of the year 1861.
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Peking written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Beijing (China) categories.