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D'Arcy Brown, Liam.
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Social change -- China.
Nationalism -- China.
Historic sites -- China.
Grand Canal (China) -- Description and travel.
China -- Description and travel.
China -- Social life and customs.
China -- History, Local.
China -- Biography.
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D'Arcy Brown, Liam.
Social change -- China.
Nationalism -- China.
Historic sites -- China.
Grand Canal (China) -- Description and travel.
China -- Description and travel.
China -- Social life and customs.
China -- History, Local.
China -- Biography.
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The emperor's river : travels to the heart of a resurgent China / Liam D'Arcy-Brown.
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D'Arcy Brown, Liam.
Eye Books, c2010.
Call #:
915
.1
D214e
Subjects
Social change -- China.
Nationalism -- China.
Historic sites -- China.
Grand Canal (China) -- Description and travel.
China -- Description and travel.
China -- Social life and customs.
China -- History, Local.
China -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781903070703 (pbk.)
1903070708 (pbk.)
Description:
279 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Contents:
Prologue -- The grandest of canals -- A culture to be proud of -- Graffiti -- Life's bitterness -- Predictions of change -- Water, but no boats -- A canal reborn.
Summary:
D'Arcy-Brown set out to be the first Westerner in modern times to travel the length of China's great wonder: the Grand Canal. During his journey, he attempts to reconcile the China which fascinated him as a child with the modern, more open China he sees now.
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