The United States and China : a history from the eighteenth century to the present /
Now fully revised and updated, The United States and China offers a comprehensive synthesis of US-Chinese relations from initial contact to the present. Balancing the modern (1784-1949) and contemporary (1949-present) periods, Dong Wang retraces centuries of interaction between two of the world'...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: The Pacific Frontier and Qing China, 1784-1911 : 1. Yankee Merchants and the China Trade
- 2. Opium Wars and the Open Door
- 3. Chinese Immigration: Roots in the United States
- 4. American Protestantism: Roots in China
- Part II: The United States and China in the Era of World Wars and Revolutions, 1912-1970 : 5. Revolutions, Nationalism, and Internationalization
- 6. The Pacific War and Red China
- 7. Deterrence and Negotiation: American-Chinese Relations at the Height of the Cold War
- 8. Facing East and West: Agents of Encounter
- Part III: Rapprochement, the United States as the Benchmark Setter, and the China Challenge, 1970-Present : 9. Renewing the Bilateral Relationship, 1970-1989
- 10. The China Market and the Allure of the United States
- 11. Clashes, Cooperation, the Fluctuations in the Relationship
- 12. The Race: Changing Dynamics in the Economic, Social, and Cultural Arenas
- Epilogue.