China misperceived : American illusions and Chinese reality

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China misperceived : American illusions and Chinese reality

Steven W. Mosher

BasicBooks, c1990

  • : cloth
  • : paper

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"A new republic book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-245) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780465098057

Table of Contents

  • 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.
Volume

: paper ISBN 9780465098132

Description

In this historical overview, the author, one of the first Westerners permitted to live in rural China, argues that the USA has consistently misinterpreted China for many years. He traces the distortions that led the US first to cringe at the "Yellow Peril", then to acclaim the new "Maoist Man".

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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