The Fear of Chinese Power

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The coverage in this work of historical synthesis is wide-ranging, building on existing scholarship and revealing new details... The three reviewers in this roundtable, praise the book's readability and coverage of American perceptions. The participants in this roundtable all agree that he has offered a timely overview that will help students and general readers alike understand how we got to where we are today. * H-Diplo ROUNDTABLE * A stimulating, wide-ranging, and frequently provocative overview of foreign images and perceptions of China and the Chinese at both elite and popular levels. Crean deftly highlights how often, in multiple cultural, ideological, economic, and strategic contexts, pervasive suspicions, fears, and apprehensions have driven outside thinking on China and its people * Priscilla Roberts, Associate Professor of History, University of St. Joseph, Macau * This thoughtful and engaging volume says as much about China as it does about those who fear it. Crean's masterful book offers an important message about the global future, and should be required reading in policymaking circles and beyond * Mitchell Lerner, Professor of History, Ohio State University, US * This readable book traces the remarkable continuities and consonances in how the United States has felt toward and seen China, from the nineteenth century to today. Crean is sensitive to the complexity of what has always been one of the United States' most crucial relationships. An enlivening and informative read. * Pete Millwood, Lecturer in East Asian History, University of Melbourne, Australia *