The last days of old Beijing
life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed
by Michael J. Meyer
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A fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, Dazhalan. Meyer examines how the bonds that hold the neighborhood together are being torn by forced evictions as century-old houses and ways of life are increasingly destroyed to make way for shopping malls, the capital's first Wal-Mart, high-rise buildings, and widened streets for cars replacing bicycles. Beijing has gone through this cycle many times, as Meyer reveals, but never with the kind of dislocation and overturning of its storied culture now occurring as the city prepares to host the 2008 Summer Olympics--From publisher description.
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Social life and customs, History, Streets, Alleys, Urban renewalPlaces
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The last days of old Beijing: life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed
2008, Walker & Company
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0802716520 9780802716521
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The last days of old Beijing: life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed
2008, Walker & Company
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-339) and index.
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