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Fateful ties : a history of America's preoccupation with China, Gordon H. Chang
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- Summary
- "Americans look to China with fascination and fear, unsure whether the rising Asian power is friend or foe but certain it will play a crucial role in America's future. This is nothing new, Gordon Chang says. For centuries, Americans have been convinced of China's importance to their own national destiny. Fateful Ties draws on literature, art, biography, popular culture, and politics to trace America's long and varied preoccupation with China. China has held a special place in the American imagination from colonial times, when Jamestown settlers pursued a passage to the Pacific and Asia. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Americans plied a profitable trade in Chinese wares, sought Chinese laborers to build the West, and prized China's art and decor. China was revered for its ancient culture but also drew Christian missionaries intent on saving souls in a heathen land. Its vast markets beckoned expansionists, even as its migrants were seen as a 'yellow peril' that prompted the earliest immigration restrictions. A staunch ally during World War II, China was a dangerous adversary in the Cold War that followed. In the post-Mao era, Americans again embraced China as a land of inexhaustible opportunity, playing a central role in its economic rise. Through portraits of entrepreneurs, missionaries, academics, artists, diplomats, and activists, Chang demonstrates how ideas about China have long been embedded in America's conception of itself and its own fate. Fateful Ties provides valuable perspective on this complex international and intercultural relationship as America navigates an uncertain new era"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 314 pages
- Contents
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- Ties of opportunity
- Physical and spiritual connections
- Grand politics and high culture
- Revolutions and war
- Allies and enemies
- Transformations
- Old/new visions
- Afterword
- Isbn
- 9780674050396
- Label
- Fateful ties : a history of America's preoccupation with China
- Title
- Fateful ties
- Title remainder
- a history of America's preoccupation with China
- Statement of responsibility
- Gordon H. Chang
- Subject
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- China
- China
- China -- Foreign public opinion, American
- China -- Relations -- United States
- Chinabild
- Chine
- Etats-Unis
- History
- International relations
- Außenbeziehungen
- Public opinion
- Public opinion -- United States -- History
- Public opinion, American
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Relations -- China
- Öffentliche Meinung
- Moses, China, 1978-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Americans look to China with fascination and fear, unsure whether the rising Asian power is friend or foe but certain it will play a crucial role in America's future. This is nothing new, Gordon Chang says. For centuries, Americans have been convinced of China's importance to their own national destiny. Fateful Ties draws on literature, art, biography, popular culture, and politics to trace America's long and varied preoccupation with China. China has held a special place in the American imagination from colonial times, when Jamestown settlers pursued a passage to the Pacific and Asia. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Americans plied a profitable trade in Chinese wares, sought Chinese laborers to build the West, and prized China's art and decor. China was revered for its ancient culture but also drew Christian missionaries intent on saving souls in a heathen land. Its vast markets beckoned expansionists, even as its migrants were seen as a 'yellow peril' that prompted the earliest immigration restrictions. A staunch ally during World War II, China was a dangerous adversary in the Cold War that followed. In the post-Mao era, Americans again embraced China as a land of inexhaustible opportunity, playing a central role in its economic rise. Through portraits of entrepreneurs, missionaries, academics, artists, diplomats, and activists, Chang demonstrates how ideas about China have long been embedded in America's conception of itself and its own fate. Fateful Ties provides valuable perspective on this complex international and intercultural relationship as America navigates an uncertain new era"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chang, Gordon H
- Dewey number
- 327.73051
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E183.8.C5
- LC item number
- C417 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Moses, China
- United States
- China
- China
- Public opinion
- International relations
- Public opinion
- Public opinion, American
- China
- United States
- Außenbeziehungen
- Chinabild
- Öffentliche Meinung
- China
- USA
- Chine
- Etats-Unis
- Label
- Fateful ties : a history of America's preoccupation with China, Gordon H. Chang
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ties of opportunity -- Physical and spiritual connections -- Grand politics and high culture -- Revolutions and war -- Allies and enemies -- Transformations -- Old/new visions -- Afterword
- Control code
- ocn893709459
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 314 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674050396
- Lccn
- 2014039369
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780674050396
- (OCoLC)893709459
- Label
- Fateful ties : a history of America's preoccupation with China, Gordon H. Chang
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ties of opportunity -- Physical and spiritual connections -- Grand politics and high culture -- Revolutions and war -- Allies and enemies -- Transformations -- Old/new visions -- Afterword
- Control code
- ocn893709459
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 314 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674050396
- Lccn
- 2014039369
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780674050396
- (OCoLC)893709459
Subject
- China
- China
- China -- Foreign public opinion, American
- China -- Relations -- United States
- Chinabild
- Chine
- Etats-Unis
- History
- International relations
- Außenbeziehungen
- Public opinion
- Public opinion -- United States -- History
- Public opinion, American
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Relations -- China
- Öffentliche Meinung
- Moses, China, 1978-
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