03078cam a2200361 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000150007802000300009302000270012304000280015004200080017804300210018605000290020708200180023610000270025424501080028125000190038926400330040830000930044133600260053433700280056033800270058850400670061550509260068252009150160865100450252365100450256865100520261365100510266519033495BJBSDDR20230411090603.0ta091019s2017    nyuabf   b    001 0 eng    a2016009016  a9781250160638 (paperback)  a1250160634 (paperback)  aDLCbspacDLCerdadDLC  apcc  an-us---aa-cc---00a002 E 183.8 bP786b 201700a327.730512231 aPomfret, John, d1959-14aThe Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom :bAmerica and China, 1776 to the Present /cJohn Pomfret.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York :b Picador,c2017.  ax, 693 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some color), maps ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 649-664) and index.  aPart I. A new frontier ; Founding fortunes ; Blitzconversion ; The calm minister ; Men of iron ; A good thrashing ; Bible women ; The door opens and shuts ; Hot air and hope -- Part II. American dreams ; Mr. Science ; Fortune cookies ; Up in smoke ; The Soong dynasty ; Opportunity or threat ; A Red star ; New life -- Part III. Bloody Saturday ; Little America ; Burmese days ; Dangerous liaisons ; The rice paddy navy ; The east is red ; Keys to the kingdom ; The beginning of the end ; Mission impossible ; A third force -- Part IV. Hate America ; Hate China ; A cold war ; Dead flowers ; Bloody Marys ; Pictures of Chairman Mao ; Out of bad things ; Not because we love them ; Tacit allies ; We are very sexy people ; China rediscovers America ; Nobody is afraid of anybody ; Deathsong -- Part V. Kung fu fighting ; Patriotic education ; From China with love ; Welcome to the club ; Twin towers ; G2? ; End of an era.  aA remarkable history of the two-centuries-old relationship between the United States and China, from the Revolutionary War to the present day. From the clipper ships that ventured to Canton hauling cargos of American ginseng to swap for Chinese tea, and the Yankee missionaries who brought Christianity and education to China, to the Chinese who built the American West, the United States and China have always been dramatically intertwined. While we tend to think of America’s ties with China as starting in 1972 with the visit of President Richard Nixon to China, the patterns--rapturous enchantment followed by angry disillusionment--were set in motion hundreds of years earlier. A fascinating and thrilling account, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom is also an indispensable book for understanding the most important relationship between any two countries in the world.cProvided by publisher. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationszChina. 0aChinaxForeign relationszUnited States. 4aEstados Unidos xRelaciones exteriores zChina. 4aChina xRelaciones exterioreszEstados Unidos.