China's Brave New World

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Summary

Provocative insights into China, travel, and technology in the 21st century

Please wait while the item is added to your bag...

Foreword: Beyond Marx, Lenin, and Mao	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Adventures in China-Watching
Burgers, Beepers, and Bowling Alleys	p. 3
Mr. Mao Ringtones	p. 13
All the Coffee in China	p. 20
The Generalissimo Would Not Be Amused	p. 28
The Inscrutable West
Searching the Stars for Emily Hahn	p. 41
Traveling with Twain	p. 48
Around the World with Grant and Li	p. 60
The Time Machine of Tippecanoe County	p. 72
Turn-of-the-Century Flashbacks
Mixed Emotions: China in 1999	p. 81
Karl Gets a New Cap: Budapest in 2000	p. 101
Patriotism in Public Life: The United States in 2001	p. 110
A San Francisco of the East: Hong Kong in 2002	p. 116
The Tomorrowland Diaries
China's Brave New World	p. 125
Chicago in an Age of Illusions	p. 133
Why Go Anywhere?	p. 144
Faster than a Speeding Bullet Train	p. 173
Afterword: Rhymes for Our Times	p. 186
Acknowledgments	p. 197
Bibliography of Works Discussed	p. 201
Index	p. 205
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.