The Dragon Wakes: China and the West, 1793-1911

by Christopher Hibbert

Book Overview

The Dragon Wakes: China and the West 1793-1911 This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582108063
• ISBN13: 9780582108066
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Longmans
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant, should be reprinted

One of the most outstanding works of History I have read. Though short and narrowly focused, the story of China's "awakening" to the West is told in large part by a narrative of letters written by those involved, even tangentially, with the Waking of China. The personal touch of the letters keeps this history from becoming a rote list of obscure dates, people and places, and manages to make you forget you are studying a piece of history. GET IT.