The Scramble of China

Informationen zum Autor Robert Bickers is the author of the highly-acclaimed Empire Made Me and The Scramble for China . He has written extensively on Chinese history and is a Professor of History at the University of Bristol. Klappentext Robert Bickers is the author of the highly-acclaimed Empire Made Me . He has written extensively on Chinese history and is currently Professor of History at the University of Bristol. To write The Scramble for China he has travelled extensively, visiting many of the haunting sites scattered across China that feature in the book. Zusammenfassung In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. This book explains the roots of China's complex relationship with the West.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Bickers, Robert A. Bickers, Bickers Robert
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.02.2012
• EAN: 9780141015859
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101585-9
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 199 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, Colonialism and imperialism, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909