Australia's China - Changing Perceptions from the 1930s to the 1990s (Paperback)

First published in 1996, Australia's China explores the multifaceted and dynamic Australian encounter with China from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 through the Cold War to the Australian recognition of the PRC in 1972. Going beyond conventional policy studies, it traces the patterns in Australian reactions to China from the grass-roots to official circles, highlighting the centrality of images concerning the exotic, disease, sexuality, the frontier, and China as a paradise/anti-paradise. In responding to China, Australians revealed something of themselves, and this book maps the formation of Australian conceptions of identity in the context of a cross-cultural encounter which was variously cooperative, enriching, baffling, and antagonistic. But there was no single Australian conception of China. Rather, competing perceptions jostled in a shifting dialogue.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Lachlan Strahan
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	392
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-48497-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-48497-9
Barcode:	9780521484978

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