Fateful Ties: A History of America's Preoccupation with China

by Gordon H Chang and Gordon H. Chang

Book Overview

Americans look to China with fascination and fear, unsure whether the rising Asian power is friend or foe but certain it will play a crucial role in America's future. This is nothing new, Gordon Chang says. For centuries, Americans have been convinced of China's importance to their own national destiny. Fateful Ties draws on literature, art, biography, popular culture, and politics to trace America's long and varied preoccupation with China...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674050398
• ISBN13: 9780674050396
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"