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The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing
Author(s): Anne-Marie Broudehoux (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: May 20, 2004
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415320577
- ISBN-13: 9780415320573
Book Description
Describes the changing life of the city and its inhabitants during the final decades of the twentieth century and examines the complex forces at play in the search for modernity. The author presents us with four case studies of how the city is marketing and selling itself (including its refurbishment for the 2008 Olympic bid) and concludes that Beijing’s urban image construction may provide an avenue for opposition groups to challenge the hegemony of those in power.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘With respect to describing and analyzing current urban development in Beijing from any point of view, I am aware of no equal in English … eloquent and gripping.’ – Daniel Benjamin Abramson,MCLC Resource Centre, February 2005
About the Author
Anne-Marie Broudehoux
