Baum, Richard, 1940-2012.

China watcher : confessions of a Peking Tom / Richard Baum. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2010. - xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- The Occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends.

9780295989976 (hardback : alk. paper) 0295989971 (hardback : alk. paper)

2009035336

GBB036795 bnb

015505102 Uk

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Sinologists--United States--Biography.
College teachers--United States--Biography.


China--History--1949-
China--Politics and government--1949-

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