China tripping : encountering the everyday in the People's Republic /

Influential China experts reflect on their cultural/social encounters while traveling and living in China, covering a half century of American experiences.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Murray, Jeremy A. (Editor), Link, E. Perry (Eugene Perry), 1944- (Editor), Pickowicz, Paul (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Dirty underwear / Paul G. Pickowicz
  • China was not utopia / Anita Chan
  • Broom? Silk? / Perry Link
  • Where are the child psychologists? / Martin King Whyte
  • Third-world students in China / Donald C. Clarke
  • Young journalists / Stephen R. MacKinnon (1978-80)
  • The operation of power / Donald C. Clarke
  • The rehabilitation of sociology / Martin King Whyte
  • A night with the post office guys / James M. Hargett
  • Stamp connections / Wendy Larson
  • Buying socks / Perry Link (1979-80)
  • A single room / Vera Schwarcz
  • Death of a tourist / Morris Rossabi
  • Expats / Stephen R. MacKinnon (1979-80)
  • No signs, no maps / Charlotte Furth
  • Stop overexciting the masses! / Thomas D. Gorman
  • Bureaucracy and nosiness / Donald C. Clarke
  • The stupidest thing I did in China / Suzanne Cahill
  • Representative of the bourgeoisie / Charlotte Furth
  • Famous American spy / Suzanne Cahill
  • Encountering Shandong / Joseph W. Esherick
  • High in Tibet / Melinda Liu
  • My father's hometown / Mayfair Yang
  • High rise counterculture / Paul G. Pickowicz
  • Second uncle and his wife / Mayfair Yang
  • Manuscript / Stanley Rosen
  • The local officials: whiffs of the Qing Dynasty / Mayfair Yang
  • A fitting chair / Jennifer Anderson
  • Thank you very much / Dru C. Gladney
  • Where are we going? / Thomas D. Gorman
  • Old lady / Stanley Rosen
  • Books on secondary extraction / Geoffrey Ziebart
  • Making assumptions / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
  • Internal document / Stanley Rosen
  • Brotherhood / Geoffrey Ziebart
  • Mickey Mouse at Peking U / David Moser
  • Reading tea leaves / Richard P. Madsen (1988-89)
  • Eating bitterness / Vera Schwarcz
  • Clayderman to Cui Jian / James A. Cook
  • Catholic church in Tianjin / Richard P. Madsen
  • Welcome our foreign friends / David Moser
  • Cradle of the revolution / Andrew D. Morris
  • A night at the Movenpick / Perry Link
  • Opium war / Andrew D. Morris
  • Special powers / Jeremy Brown
  • Relationships, not names / David Moser
  • Estrangement / Nick Admussen
  • Living in the White House / Marketus D. Presswood
  • The loudness of lambs / Dru C. Gladney (2003-04)
  • Men's world / Jeremy Brown
  • Malleable rules / Philip F. Williams
  • Tashkurgan / Justin M. Jacobs
  • Mainlander / Jeremy A. Murray
  • Avoiding long lines / Paul G. Pickowicz
  • Hainan fishing captain / Jeremy A. Murray
  • Black is beautiful! / Marketus D. Presswood
  • Darth Vader and the triceratops / Maggie Greene
  • A phone call from the party secretary / Melinda Liu
  • Afterword / Minxin Pei.