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2014., Adult, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 951.06 O834a Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy--or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don't see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes. As the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval. In Age of Ambition, he describes the greatest collision taking place in that country: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party's struggle to retain control. He asks probing questions: Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals--fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture--consider themselves "angry youth," dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail"--From publisher.
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[1967], Time-Life Books Call No: 951 S296a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Great ages of man
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1989, c1986., Simon and Schuster Call No: 509.51 T286g Edition: 1st Touchstone ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2002., Adult, Thomas Dunne Books Call No: 915.15 P379t Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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-- Chinese daughter reflects on happiness, tradition, and spiritual wisdomc2001., Broadway Books Call No: 181.11 Y455w Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library