The Emperor far away travels at the edge of China
"In 1949, Mao Zedong announced the birth of the People's Republic of China, a proclamation to the world that, after centuries of war and social conflict, China had emerged as one nation. Since then, this idea has been propagated by broadcasts of marches and mass demonstrations of unity, designed for...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Bloomsbury,
2014.
|
| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000Ii 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ocn860395828 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20160809095300.0 | ||
| 008 | 131011r20142014nyub b 001 0 eng d | ||
| 016 | 7 | |a 016733369 |2 Uk | |
| 020 | |a 9781620403631 (hbk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1620403633 (hbk.) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)860395828 | ||
| 040 | |a YDXCP |b eng |e rda |c YDXCP |d BTCTA |d UKMGB |d MLY |d ABG |d PCB | ||
| 043 | |a a-cc--- | ||
| 050 | 1 | 4 | |a DS712 |b .E45 2014 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 915.104/612 |2 22 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Eimer, David, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Emperor far away : |b travels at the edge of China / |c David Eimer. |
| 250 | |a First U.S. edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Bloomsbury, |c 2014. | |
| 300 | |a 322 pages : |b maps ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310) and index. | ||
| 500 | |a "First published in Great Britain in 2014"--Title-page verso. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Xinjiang : the new frontier. 'Uighurs are like pandas' ; The new Silk Road ; Exiles ; The Great Game again ; Return to Kashgar ; Three borders ; Uighurstan -- Tibet : the wild West. The Tibetan borderlands ; Lhasa ; A night at the Nangma ; U-Tsang ; High plateau drifter ; The Precious Jewel of the snows ; Going down -- Yunnan : trouble in paradise. Shiny happy minorities ; Dailand ; Down the Mekong ; The Dai Diaspora ; With the Wa ; Women for sale -- Dongbei : pushing the boundaries. The Pyongyang Express ; The third Korea ; Spreading the word ; The Arctic borderlands ; Along the Amur ; An empire expanding. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a "In 1949, Mao Zedong announced the birth of the People's Republic of China, a proclamation to the world that, after centuries of war and social conflict, China had emerged as one nation. Since then, this idea has been propagated by broadcasts of marches and mass demonstrations of unity, designed for the benefit of the international community. For many living in the vast country, however, the old Chinese adage holds true: "the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. "Bordered by fourteen countries, China could be thought of as more a continent than a country, and yet it is ruled as one and treated so by political and financial commentators, who refer to a traditionally "Chinese" way of life. Few Westerners make it far beyond the major cities, and the Chinese government has made it difficult to do so. David Eimer undertook a dangerous journey to China's unexplored frontiers, to the outer reaches where Beijing's power has little influence. His chronicle shines new light on the world's most populous country, showing clearly that China remains in many ways a divided state. Traveling through the Islamic areas of Xinjiang province, into the forbidden zone of Tibet and across Route 219, which runs the rough boundary shared with India, the only disputed frontier in China, Eimer exposes the country's inner conflict. All the tensions in China today -- from its war against drugs and terrorism and the unstable relationships it maintains with Russia and Korea to its internal social issues -- take on new meaning when seen from China's most remote corners. The Emperor Far Away is a brilliant melding of journalism and history and essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary China."--Publisher's website. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Eimer, David |x Travel |z China. |
| 651 | 0 | |a China |x Travel. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a China |x Description and travel. | |
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 11226461 | ||
| 938 | |a Baker and Taylor |b BTCP |n BK0013899373 | ||
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a schlow |b SANON |c 915.1046 EIM |d i |e 39635103279422 |f 549466 |g ddc |j 05/29/2014 | ||
| 999 | |a 360210 | ||
