The eagle and the dragon
Subtitle: globalization and European dreams of conquest in China and America in the sixteenth century
By: Serge Gruzinski ; translated by Jean Birell
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780745667119; 9780745667126
Subjects: Modern History; Civilization; History; Discoveries in geography
Work titles: Aigle et le dragon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Two tranquil worlds; title: Openness to the world; title: Because the world is round; title: A leap into the unknown?; title: Books and letters from the other end of the world; title: Embassy or conquest?; title: The clash of civilizations; title: Naming the other; title: A story of cannon; title: Opacity or transparency?; title: The greatest cities in the world; title: The hour of the crime; title: The place of the whites; title: To everyone their own post-war; title: The secrets of the south sea; title: China on the horizon; title: When china awakes; title: Conclusion - towards a global history of the renaissance.