The last days of old Beijing : life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed /: life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Meyer.
• Other Names: Meyer, Michael J, 1972-
• Contents: Through the front gate -- Becoming teacher plumblossom -- Mocky & me -- "Say farewell to dangerous housing" -- Wintertime -- A brief history of part one : traces of pre-Beijing -- The evening news -- High times in happiness city -- Preserving a sense of place -- Springtime -- A brief history of part two : the rise and fall of Imperial Beijing -- The unslumming slum -- Saving the old street -- A summer of recycling -- Past tense vs. future tense -- A brief history of part three : the modernization of Republican Beijing -- Miss Zhu remembers the trees -- "If someone is sick and you do not aid him, it is your fault, not his" -- The widow's story -- A brief history of part four : the industrialization of Maoist Beijing -- Echo wall -- Epilogue. New Beijing, new olympics.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Company
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (372 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 951.156; History -- Asia -- China; Urban renewal -- China -- Beijing; Streets -- China -- Beijing -- History; Alleys -- China -- Beijing; Alleys; Manners and customs; Streets; Urban renewal; Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; History -- Asia -- General; Regional & national history; Beijing (China) -- Social life and customs; China -- Beijing; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802779120; 0802779123
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.