The great reversal
Britain, China and the 400-year contest for power
- ISBN: 9780300272925
- Editorial: Yale University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2024
- Lugar de la edición: New Haven. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 400
- Idiomas: Inglés
A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present
The relationship between Britain and China has shaped the modern world. Chinese art, philosophy and science have had a profound effect upon British culture, while the long history of British exploitation is still bitterly remembered in China today. But how has their interaction changed over time?
From the early days of the East India Company through the violence of the Opium Wars to present-day disputes over Hong Kong, Kerry Brown charts this turbulent and intriguing relationship in full. Britain has always sought to dominate China economically and politically, while China's ideas and exports-from tea and Chinoiserie to porcelain and silk-have continued to fascinate in the west. But by the later twentieth century, the balance of power began to shift in China's favour, with global consequences. Brown shows how these interactions changed the world order-and argues that an understanding of Britain's relationship with China is now more vital than ever.
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: The Great Reversal: Britain's China Story
1. Partners at the Edge,1550-1720
2. Coming Within Sight, 1720-87
3. A Time of Diplomats: Macartney and Amherst, 1787-1830
4. The Era of Conflict: The First Anglo-Chinese War, 1830-43
5. A World to Build: The Era of the Second Anglo-Chinese War and Its Aftermath, 1843-64
6. Of Consuls, Customs and Commerce, 1864-1900
7. The Start of British Retreat, 1900-25
8. Chaos and War, 1925-49
9. The Cold War Era: Britain Making Friends with the Communists, 1949-71
10. Getting Closer: Resolution of the Hong Kong Issue, 1972-97
11. The Great Shift: Britain in the Era of Chinese Dominance, 1997-2023
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