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Age of ambition : chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new China  Cover Image Book Book

Age of ambition : chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new China

Osnos, Evan 1976- (Author).

Summary: "A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374712044 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 0374712042 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 9780374535278 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0374535272 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780374712044 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 0374280746 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9780374280741 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: x, 403 pages : map ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part I. Fortune. Unfettered -- The call -- Baptized in civilization -- Appetites of the mind -- No longer a slave -- Cutthroat -- Acquired taste -- Part II. Truth. Dancing in shackles -- Liberty leading the people -- Miracles and magic engines -- A chorus of soloists -- The art of resistance -- Seven sentences -- The germ in the henhouse -- Sandstorm -- Lightning storm -- All that glitters -- The hard truth -- Part III. Faith. The spiritual void -- Passing by -- Soulcraft -- Culture wars -- True believers -- Breaking out.
Awards Note:
National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2014
Subject: Social change China
Economic development China
Individualism China
Authoritarianism China
HISTORY / Asia / China
Authoritarianism
Civilization
Economic development
Individualism
Politics and government
Social change
Social conditions
China Civilization 2002-
China Social conditions 2000-
China Politics and government 2002-
China

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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520 . ‡a"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy--or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don't see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes. As the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval. In Age of Ambition, he describes the greatest collision taking place in that country: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party's struggle to retain control. He asks probing questions: Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals--fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture--consider themselves "angry youth," dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
520 . ‡a"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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