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With its wild, dissolute, extravagant group of fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries, artists and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. Always a magnet for larger than life individuals, Peking attracted characters as diverse as Wallis Simpson, Pearl Buck, J.D. Rockfeller, Jr., Bertrand Russell, Pierre Loti, Rabrindranath Tagore, Sven Hedin, Peter Fleming, and Cecil Lewis. The last great capital to remain untouched by the modern world, Peking both entranced and horrified its foreign residents - the majority of whom lived cocooned inside the legation quarter, their own walled enclave, living an extraordinary high-octane party lifestyle, suffused with martinis, jazz piano, and cigarettes, at the height of the Jazz Age. Ignoring the poverty outside their gates, they danced, played, and squabbled among themselves, oblivious to the great political events unfolding around them and the storm clouds looming on the horizon that were to shape modern China. Others, more sensitive to Peking's cultural riches, discovered their paradise too late when it already stood on the brink of destruction. Although few in number, Peking's expatriates were uniquely placed to chart the political upheavals - from Boxer Rebellion in 1900 to the Communist victory of 1949 - that shaped modern China. Through extensive use of unpublished diaries and letters, Julia Boyd reveals the foreigner's perceptions and reactions - their take on everyday life and the unforgettable events that occurred around them. This is a dazzling portrait of an eclectic foreign community and of China itself - a magnificent confection, never before told, by one of literary London's great storytellers.

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Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1780760523
ISBN-13
9781780760520
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Author
Julia Boyd
Publication Name
Dance with the Dragon : the Vanished World of Peking's Foreign Colony
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
22 Oz

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Ds795.2
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'Julia Boyd tells the fascinating tale of the foreign community surviving in Peking between the end of the Ching Dynasty and Mao's communist revolution. It is a great story very well told - turmoil behind, turmoil ahead and turmoil all around.', "Julia Boyd tells the fascinating tale of the foreign community surviving in Peking between the end of the Ching Dynasty and Mao's communist revolution. It is a great story very well told turmoil behind, turmoil ahead and turmoil all around." Chris Patten, Former Governor of British Hong Kong "Based on a treasure-trove of original sources, this book gives an enthralling insight into the expatriate community in Peking during the half-century before the triumph of Mao. Anyone who wants to understand China's relationship with foreigners, today as well as yesterday, should read it." Piers Brendon, British writer and author of The Decline and Fall of the British Empire "A fascinating account sourced from many previously unpublished letters and archives. Boyd's characters flit on the surface of the city like water beetles, unaware of the depths below." Frances Wood, author of Did Marco Polo go to China?, 'Based on a treasure-trove of original sources, this book gives an enthralling insight into the expatriate community in Peking during the half-century before the triumph of Mao. Anyone who wants to understand China's relationship with foreigners, today as well as yesterday, should read it.', 'A fascinating account sourced from many previously unpublished letters and archives. Boyd's characters flit on the surface of the city like water beetles, unaware of the depths below.'
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Emigration & Immigration, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Urban
Lccn
2012-371446
Dewey Decimal
951.15604
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science

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