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" The West and China since 1500 / "
John S. Gregory
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BL
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600721
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b429940
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| Main Entry
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Gregory, J. S., (John Stradbroke),1923-
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The West and China since 1500 /\ John S. Gregory
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ix, 233 pages :: map ;; 23 cm
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0333997441
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: 9780333997444
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: 1403902801
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: 9781403902801
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-225) and index
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| Contents
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A wide world apart, with differing views of heaven and earth -- Coming together, rather slowly and on China's terms (1500-1800). The traders ; The missionaries ; China and the Jesuits help enlighten Europe ; The diplomats -- Closer encounters, on the West's terms (1800-1900). The opium trade ; The treaty system ; The missionary confrontation ; The West changes its image of China -- Hither and thither, in search of comfortable common ground (1900-2001). China begins to scramble to its feet, and the treaty system to unscramble (1900-28) ; Together on the road to Pearl Harbor, and beyond (1928-49) ; Backwards and forwards with Mao and his successors -- Conclusion : peering ahead, uncertainly
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"Chinese fleets sailed through Asian waters as far as Africa in the early fifteenth century, when Western explorers were just beginning to probe the great oceans of the world. The Chinese turned back while the Westerners pressed on, to dominate virtually the whole world, including China, by the nineteenth century. Would world history have been different had the Chinese not withdrawn from the seas? This book surveys the history of the West's relations with China over the five centuries since Westerners established sustained contact by sea with Asia; what the West has gained from China; what it has demanded and imposed on it; how it has reacted to China's resurgence in the twentieth century - these and other issues are explored with illustrations from contemporary sources."--Jacket
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China, Relations
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327.510182/1/09
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DS740.4.G74 2002
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