The Dragon And The Foreign Devils: China And The World, 1100 BC To The Present

The Dragon And The Foreign Devils: China And The World, 1100 BC To The Present by Harry Gelber


ISBN
9780747593294
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
512
Dimensions
129 x 198 x 32mm

A sweeping narrative history that tells the story of China's relations with the rest of the world over three millennia.

China's story is of warfare and violence, philosophical and political invention, shining artistic achievement and often complex and subtle relations with outsiders. Harry G. Gelber's fascinating general history of this great nation makes sense of China's changing relationship with the rest of the world as never before. From the invasions by steppe horsemen in 200 BC to Genghis Khan and the Mongol conquests, from the arrival of Marco Polo to the Opium Wars, from Communism to the Tiananmen Square protest, Gelber traces the path that led to China's resurgence as a dynamic economy and a powerful international player today.

Informative text boxes elaborate on particular people, topics or key moments to complement the main narrative. These mini-essays deal with a wide range of topics from 'Confucius' and 'Concubines' to 'Tea' and 'Silk', and from the debilitating influence of the last nineteenth-century empress, 'Cixi', to the decisive influence on the 1941-1945 Pacific War of the US Navy's ability to read 'Japanese naval codes'; and from 'Madame Chiang's glamour to 'Mao's sexual habits.'
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