Everything under the heavens : how the past helps shape China's push for global power / Howard W. Fr...
Everything under the heavens : how the past helps shape China's push for global power / Howard W. Fr...
Everything under the heavens : how the past helps shape China's push for global power / Howard W. French.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
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G 2017/2891
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Language
English
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Physical content
330 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Timeline of Chinese dynasties and other key events -- Introduction -- National humiliation -- Island barbarians -- The gullet of the world -- A pacified south -- Sons of heaven, setting suns -- Claims and markers -- Conclusion.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That role, reports Howard French, has been set aside. China has asserted its place among the global heavyweights, revealing its plans for pan-Asian dominance by building its navy, increasing territorial claims to areas like the So...
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Everything under the heavens : how the past helps shape China's push for global power / Howard W. French.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/2891
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74VKVaQOXvdl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQOXvdl
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ISBN
9780385353328
DDC
327.51
MMS ID
991024104318502626
