Oracle bones : a journey between China and the West. /Peter Hessler.
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TextPublisher number: Amazon.in | : Cocoblu Retail Ltd.Publication details: , London : John Murrary , ©2006Description: xi, 491 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780719564413Subject(s): China | China Civilization | Chine Descriptions et voyages | China Description and travelDDC classification: 951 HES Summary: A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes.
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A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes.
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