China Misperceived
American Illusions and Chinese Reality
Published on 4. December 1990
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-465-09805-7 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Weight
1250 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-09805-7 (9780465098057)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction - the culture brokers; past images of China - from Marco Polo to Mao Zedong; the age of infatuation - American journalists in China during the 1930s and 1940s; the age of hostility; from hostility to second admiration; the second age of infatuation; the selling of China - Nixon's visit; the age of disillusionment; the age of benevolence; from American illusions to Chinese reality.