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- catalog abstract ""Chinese fleets sailed through Asian waters as far as Africa in the early fifteenth century, when Western explorers were just beginning to probe the great oceans of the world. The Chinese turned back while the Westerners pressed on, to dominate virtually the whole world, including China, by the nineteenth century. Would world history have been different had the Chinese not withdrawn from the seas? This book surveys the history of the West's relations with China over the five centuries since Westerners established sustained contact by sea with Asia; what the West has gained from China; what it has demanded and imposed on it; how it has reacted to China's resurgence in the twentieth century - these and other issues are explored with illustrations from contemporary sources." --Book Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12713886.
- catalog coverage "China Relations Foreign countries.".
- catalog coverage "China Relations.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Chinese fleets sailed through Asian waters as far as Africa in the early fifteenth century, when Western explorers were just beginning to probe the great oceans of the world. The Chinese turned back while the Westerners pressed on, to dominate virtually the whole world, including China, by the nineteenth century. Would world history have been different had the Chinese not withdrawn from the seas? This book surveys the history of the West's relations with China over the five centuries since Westerners established sustained contact by sea with Asia; what the West has gained from China; what it has demanded and imposed on it; how it has reacted to China's resurgence in the twentieth century - these and other issues are explored with illustrations from contemporary sources." --Book Jacket.".
- catalog description "A wide world apart, with differing views of heaven and earth -- Coming together, rather slowly and on China's terms (1500-1800). The traders ; The missionaries ; China and the Jesuits help enlighten Europe ; The diplomats -- Closer encounters, on the West's terms (1800-1900). The opium trade ; The treaty system ; The missionary confrontation ; The West changes its image of China -- Hither and thither, in search of comfortable common ground (1900-2001). China begins to scramble to its feet, and the treaty system to unscramble (1900-28) ; Together on the road to Pearl Harbor, and beyond (1928-49) ; Backwards and forwards with Mao and his successors -- Conclusion : peering ahead, uncertainly.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 233 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0333997441 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "1403902801 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog spatial "China Relations Foreign countries.".
- catalog spatial "China Relations.".
- catalog subject "327.510182/1/09 21".
- catalog subject "DS740.4 .G74 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "A wide world apart, with differing views of heaven and earth -- Coming together, rather slowly and on China's terms (1500-1800). The traders ; The missionaries ; China and the Jesuits help enlighten Europe ; The diplomats -- Closer encounters, on the West's terms (1800-1900). The opium trade ; The treaty system ; The missionary confrontation ; The West changes its image of China -- Hither and thither, in search of comfortable common ground (1900-2001). China begins to scramble to its feet, and the treaty system to unscramble (1900-28) ; Together on the road to Pearl Harbor, and beyond (1928-49) ; Backwards and forwards with Mao and his successors -- Conclusion : peering ahead, uncertainly.".
- catalog title "The West and China since 1500 / John S. Gregory.".
- catalog type "text".