The Last Days of Old Beijing by Michael Meyer
The most original China book of 2008--a fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing through the lens of its ancient neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, is relentlessly modernized.
"It's rare that a writer truly lives a book, commits himself to the rhythms of a place, and turns research into something deeperFor the past two years, Mike Meyer has lived and taught in the hutong neighborhoods of Beijing; nobody writing in English knows this world as well as he does." Peter Hessler, author of River Town and Oracle Bones.
Michael Meyer first went to China in 1995 with the Peace Corps, where he lived for two years before moving to Beijing. A Minnesota native, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California-Berkeley with degrees in education. He was also Blakemore Fellow at Tsinghua University, concentrating on Beijing's urban planning and architecture. A Lowell Thomas Award winner for travel writing, Meyer has published stories in Time, Smithsonian, the New York Times Book Review, the Financial Times, Reader's Digest, the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, among others. In China, he has represented the National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations, training China's UNESCO World Heritage Site managers in preservation practices. The Last Days of Old Beijing is his first book. He lives in Beijing and San Francisco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802716521 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802716520 |
| Title | The Last Days of Old Beijing |
| Author | Michael Meyer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Year published | 2008-06-24 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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