River town : two years on the Yangtze
by
Hessler, Peter, 1969-
Title
:
River town : two years on the Yangtze
Author
:
Hessler, Peter, 1969-
ISBN
:
9780060855024
Personal Author
:
Hessler, Peter, 1969-
Publication Information
:
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2006.
Physical Description
:
402 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
General Note
:
First Harper Perennial edition published 2006
Includes P.S. insights, interviews & more (cover)
Contents
:
PART I: Downstream --The city --Shakespeare with Chinese characteristics -- Raise the Flag Mountain -- Running -- The White Crane Ridge --The dam -- The Wu River -- Opium Wars --White Flat Mountain --Storm -- PART II: Summer -- The priest -- Chinese life --The restaurant owner -- Money -- The teacher -- Chinese New Year -- The land -- Spring again -- The river -- Upstream.
Personal Subject
:
Hessler, Peter, 1969--Travel-China-Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)
Subject Term
:
Peace Corps.
Geographic Term
:
Fuling (Sichuan Sheng, China) -- Description and travel.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168023675016 | 915.138 H587R 2006 | 1 |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168023675024 | 915.138 H587R 2006 | 2 |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168023675032 | 915.138 H587R 2006 | 3 |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168023675040 | 915.138 H587R 2006 | 4 |