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Dragon And The Foreign Devils : China And The World, 1100 Bc To The PresentStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionA sweeping narrative history that tells the story of China's relations with the rest of the world over three millennia. Promotion info'As I read through Dr Harry Gelber's latest book on China, I became increasingly convinced that it would be the ideal textbook for any college course on the subject. The prose is elegant and clear, the information is comprehensive and the book is eminently readable ... Dr Gelber's book would be a dream come true for anyone teaching a China course' Dean Schulz of the College of Communications at Boston University An essential historical guide for those doing business with China today Publication in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics ReviewsPraise for OPIUM, SOLDIERS AND EVANGELICALS '...timely, intelligent, unprejudiced and readable...this is a work of intellectual as much as diplomatic history and readers will enjoy seeing old orthodoxies subverted and ingrained prejudices dissipated by Dr Gelber's persuasive insinuation of reason' Professor S.A.M. Adshead, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 'A well written, sharp-eyed and thoughtful treatment of a subject which continues to arouse interest and controversy among historians' Professor John Gregory, author of The West and China Since 1500 'Harry Gelber shows how opium was only the immediate cause of war in a conflict which was far more about the gulf between British and Chinese views of international order and the rules of trade. I enjoyed reading it immensely' Professor Lord William Wallace, London School of Economics and Political Science Author descriptionHarry G. Gelber, born in 1926, read History at Cambridge before going on to do a PhD at Monash University in Australia. He has taught international politics at Boston University, Harvard, the LSE, Yale and Monash. From 1975 until 1992 he was Professor of Political Science at the University of Tasmania and remains Professor Emeritus there. Most recently he has been Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University (2004-2006) and Visiting Fellow, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics (2001-2004). His many books include Nations out of Empires (2001) and Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals (2004). He lives in Australia from where he travels regularly to the USA and Britain. |