Day of empire
Subtitle: how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall
By: Amy Chua.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780385512848
Subjects: Imperialism -- History; Hegemony -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first hegemon : the great Persian empire from Cyrus to Alexander; title: Tolerance in Rome's high empire : gladiators, togas, and imperial glue; title: China's golden age : the mix-blooded Tang dynasty; title: The great Mongol empire : cosmopolitan barbarians; title: The "purification" of medieval Spain : inquisition, expulsion, and the price of intolerance; title: The Dutch world empire : diamonds, damask, and every "mongrel sect in Christendom"; title: Tolerance and intolerance in the East : the Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal empires; title: The British empire : "rebel buggers" and the "white man's burden"; title: The American hyperpower : tolerance and the microchip; title: The rise and fall of the Axis Powers : the strategic price of intolerance; title: The challengers : China, the European Union, and India in the twenty-first century; title: The day of empire : lessons of history.