Out Of China: How The Chinese Ended Era Western Domination Robert Bickers Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Shortlisted For The 2018 Wolfson History Prizethe Extraordinary And Essential Story Of How China Became Powerful Country It Is Today Even At High Noon Europe\ S Empires Managed To Be One Handful Countries Not Succumb Invaded Humiliated Looted Nonetheless Kept Its Sovereignty Robert Bickers\ Major New Book First Describe Fully What Has Proved Modern Era\ Most Important Stories: Long Often Agonising Process By Which Chinese Had End 20Th Century Regained Control Their Own Out Uses A Brilliant Array Unusual Strange Vivid Sources Recreate Now Fantastically Remote World: Corrupt Lurid Modernity Pre-War Shanghai Tiny Patches \ Extra-Territorial\ Land Controlled European Powers (One Unnoticed Mostly Toppled Into River) Entrepôts Hong Kong Macao Myriad Means Through Armed Threats Technology Legal Chicanery Was Subservient Nationalism Stays Firmly Rooted In Memories Degraded Past - Quest Self-Sufficiency Determination Both Assert China\ Standing World Outstanding Territorial Claims Never Vulnerable Renewed Attack Matters Deeply Beijing\ Current Rulers Explains Why Σελίδες: 592 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm