
The Dragon and the Foreign Devils
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Creation: From Origins to the Qin 1100 BC to 206 BC
- 2. From the Han to the Sui 206 BC to AD 581
- 3. High Culture and Collapse: The Sui, Tang and Song AD 581 to 1276
- 4. The Coming of the Mongols AD 1210 to 1368
- 5. The Ming, South Sea Barbarians and Missionaries AD 1368 to 1644
- 6. Manchus and Russians AD 1644 to 1727
- 7. Europeans, Missions and Trade AD 1719 to 1816
- 8. The Mandate of Heaven Dissolves AD 1816 to 1860
- 9. Collapse and Revolution AD 1860 to 1911
- 10. The Dragon as Pawn AD 1912 to 1941
- 11. China in a New World Order AD 1941 to 1949
- 12. The New Emperor AD 1949 to 1976
- 13. Reassertion AD 1976 to 2001
- 14. Towards the Future?
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Footnotes
- Endnotes
- A Note on the Author
- By the Same Author
- List of Illustrations
- Imprint
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