Age of ambition : chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new China /

"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 corr...

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Author / Creator: Osnos, Evan, 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Imprint: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Series:Doris F. Condon Library Fund (Wellesley College)
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Local Note:Gift of the Doris F. Condon Library Fund.
Online Access:http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/741/9780374280741/image/lgcover.9780374280741.jpg
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part I. Fortune
  • 1. Unfettered
  • 2. The Call
  • 3. Baptized in Civilization
  • 4. Appetites of the Mind
  • 5. No Longer a Slave
  • 6. Cutthroat
  • 7. Acquired Taste
  • Part II. Truth
  • 8. Dancing in Shackles
  • 9. Liberty Leading the People
  • 10. Miracles and Magic Engines
  • 11. A Chorus of Soloists
  • 12. The Art of Resistance
  • 13. Seven Sentences
  • 14. The Germ in the Henhouse
  • 15. Sandstorm
  • 16. Lightning Storm
  • 17. All That Glitters
  • 18. The Hard Truth
  • Part III. Faith
  • 19. The Spiritual Void
  • 20. Passing By
  • 21. Soulcraft
  • 22. Culture Wars
  • 23. True Believers
  • 24. Breaking Out
  • Epilogue
  • Notes on Sources
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index