China on the Sea How the Maritime World Shaped Modern China |
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Author:
| Yangwen, Zheng |
Series title: | China Studies |
ISBN: | 978-90-04-28160-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
Publisher: | BRILL
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume challenges the "Walled Kingdom" perspective. China reached out to the seas far more actively than historians have allowed, while the maritime world shaped China, Qing China in particular, much more than the continental world. It gave birth to and defined Chinese modernity.
This volume challenges the "Walled Kingdom" perspective. China reached out to the seas far more actively than historians have allowed, while the maritime world shaped China, Qing China in particular, much more than the continental world. It gave birth to and defined Chinese modernity.