The Scramble for China
Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914
$49.56
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2012
Summary
The epic story of Europe’s attempt to colonize China
In the early nineteenth century, China remained almost untouched by British and European powers. But as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Would the Chinese suffer the fate of much of the rest of the world, carved into pieces by Europeans? Or could they adapt rapidly enough to maintain their independence?
This important and compelling book explains…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141015859 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141015853 |
| Author: | Robert Bickers |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 377g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Powerful, astute and readable … meticulously researched in contemporary English-language records and journals, and written with flair and feeling, its rhetoric eschews rant and is never misplaced – John Keay * Literary Review *
Compellingly erudite and clear-sighted history – Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
At every airport bookshop, the business traveller is offered shelves of volumes that purport to tell us how an emerging, powerful China will deal with the world, and how the rest of us should make the most of the commercial opportunities opened up by its rise. Those who wish to understand these issues more closely might be better advised to read this fair and fascinating account – Chris Patten * Financial Times *
About The Author
Robert Bickers
Robert Bickers is the author of the highly-acclaimed Empire Made Me. He has written extensively on Chinese history and is currently Professor of History at the University of Bristol. To write The Scramble for China he has travelled extensively, visiting many of the haunting sites scattered across China that feature in the book.
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