03151cam a2200385 i 4500 113375 113375 19033495 BJBSDDR 20230411090603.0 ta 091019s2017 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 2016009016 9781250160638 (paperback) 1250160634 (paperback) DLC spa DLC rda DLC pcc n-us--- a-cc--- 002 E 183.8 P786b 2017 327.73051 23 Pomfret, John, 1959- 8681 The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom : America and China, 1776 to the Present / John Pomfret. First edition. New York : Picador, 2017. x, 693 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-664) and index. Part 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. A 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. Provided by publisher. United States Foreign relations China. China Foreign relations United States. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores China. 2987 China Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos. 2988 lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2019-10-09 0 002 E 183.8 P786b 2017 00000122456 2019-10-09 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK