Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750

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Synopsis
Over the past 250 years of momentous change and dramatic upheaval, China has proved itself to be a Restless Empire. Tracing Chinaâe(tm)s course from the eighteenth-century Qing Dynasty to today's Peopleâe(tm)s Republic, Restless Empire shows how the countryâe(tm)s worldview has evolved. It explains how Chinese attitudes have been determined by both receptiveness and resistance to outside influence and presents the preoccupations that have set its foreign-relations agenda. Within two decades China is likely to depose the United States as the worldâe(tm)s largest economy. By then the country expects to have eradicated poverty among its population of more than one and a half billion, and established itself as the worldâe(tm)s technological powerhouse. Meanwhile, some âe" especially its neighbours âe" are afraid that China will strengthen its military might in order to bend others to its will. A new form of Chinese nationalism is rising. Many Chinese are angry about perceived past injustices and fear a loss of identity to commercial forces and foreign influences. So, will Chinaâe(tm)s attraction to world society dwindle, or will China continue to engage? Will it attempt to recreate a Sino-centric international order in Eastern Asia, or pursue a more harmonious diplomatic route? And can it overcome its lack of democracy and transparency, or are these characteristics hard-wired into the Chinese system? Whatever the case, we ignore Chinaâe(tm)s international history at our peril. Restless Empire is a magisterial and indispensible history of the most important state in world affairs today. WINNER OF THE 2013 ASIA SOCIETY BERNARD SCHWARTZ BOOK AWARD
Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
544 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780465029365
Related ISBNs:
9780465019335
Publisher:
Basic Books
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Odd Arne Westad
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government
Grade Levels:
College Freshman
Reading Age:
18 and up
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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