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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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