Great State: China and the World (Brook Timothy); Profile Books, 2023

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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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9781781258293
Автор(ы)	Brook Timothy
Автор	Brook T.
Авторы	Brook T.
Вес	0.4
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2023
Год публикации	2023
Жанр	история
Издатель	Profile Books
Издательство	Profile Books
Кол-во страниц	442
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	442
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Переплет	Мягкий
Переплёт	Мягкий
Тип обложки	мягкая
Формат	130x200
Язык	Английский