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Great State - China and the World (Paperback, Main)
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Great State - China and the World (Paperback, Main)
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List price R370
Price R292
Discovery Miles 2 920
You Save R78 (21%)
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China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its
approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty
in the 13th century, and despite the passing of one Imperial
dynasty to the next, it has maintained them for the eight centuries
since. Even the European colonial powers at the height of their
power could not move past coastal enclaves. Thus, China remained
China through the Ming, the Qing, the Republic, the Occupation, and
Communism. But, despite the desires of some of the most powerful
people in the Great State through the ages, China has never been
alone in the world. It has had to contend with invaders from the
steppe and the challenges posed by foreign traders and
imperialists. Indeed, its rulers for the majority of the last eight
centuries have not been Chinese. Timothy Brook examines China's
relationship with the world from the Yuan through to the present by
following the stories of ordinary and extraordinary people
navigating the spaces where China met and meets the world.
Bureaucrats, horse traders, spiritual leaders, explorers, pirates,
emperors, invaders, migrant workers, traitors, and visionaries:
this is a history of China as no one has told it before.
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