Becker, Jasper. <br/><br/>
City of heavenly tranquility :  Beijing in the history of China / 
Jasper Becker. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Alllen Lane,  2008. 
 - viii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index. 
<br/><br/>In Xanadu -- The emperor of perpetual happiness -- Madness in the Forbidden City -- On the wild wall -- The Ming tombs -- In the garden of perfect brightness -- The broken bowl tea house -- The last sanctuary of the unknown and marvellous -- The last manchus -- In search of the golden flower -- Mao and Beijing -- History in stone -- The strange death of Lao She -- The red maid's tale -- The last playboy of Beijing -- The protectress of flowers -- Radiant city of the future -- Destroy! -- The eternal present. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780713999983 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Beijing (China)--History.<br/>China--History.<br/>Beijing (China)--Description and travel.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951.156  / BEC