Fateful ties
Subtitle: a history of America's preoccupation with China
By: Gordon H. Chang
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780674050396
Subjects: American Foreign public opinion; Public opinion; Relations; History
Description: "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. 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 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." --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ties of opportunity; title: Physical and spiritual connections; title: Grand politics and high culture; title: Revolutions and war; title: Allies and enemies; title: Transformations; title: Old/new visions; title: Afterword.