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Hardback. Condición: Fair. The recent growth in relations between China and the nations of Africa is one of the most important geopolitical phenomena of our time. China and Africa presents a unique, comprehensive view of this relationship. This monumental study, the first since the 1970s, examines China's ties with all of Africa's 54 countries.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. In this revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know Jeffery N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide an excellent introduction to this significant global power.

Hardback. Condición: Fair. - A great read also makes a great gift - - Synopsis - By the time he was five he was a kid with a dream: someday he'd be a baseball player. Gifted with extraordinary skills, a story book romance, rare physical abilities, and Hollywood handsome looks, it appeared Tony had been blessed by the gods. In the midst of this, however, he was beset with the most challenging experience of his life, an event that nearly killed him. Doctors feared he would never see again; fans feared he'd never play again; his family and the love of his life watched in horror, fearing he might never rise again as he lay in the dirt beside home plate, wreathing in agony. This is more than a sports story. This is a human interest story, a love story, a story of triumph, and one of the greatest comeback stories in all of sports history. This is The Tony Conigliaro Story. -Endorsements - The Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame: The Tony Conigliaro Story is highly recommended, particularly for those of Red Sox Nation. - Bruce Markusen, Senior Executive, MLB Hall of Fame ESPN: I loved it So much I didn't know. What a crazy story. You did a terrific job with it. I wish more young fans today knew exactly how good he really was Thanks again - Jay Crawford, Sports Anchor, ESPN Fenway Nation: This is a must-read for every Red Sox fan - those who lived through it all or those who need to know how it happened. Bruce Fitzpatrick does a masterful job of letting us all recall the amazing life of Tony C. We recommend the book highly. Ernie Paicopolos, Executive Julie Markakis: I finished the book this morning. I want to express my gratitude for such a great read. You truly captured Tony's life. I'm sure he is smiling down on you. I hope you sell tons of copies. Julie Markakis Childhood Sweetheart, Lifelong Friend Red Sox Nation, The Villages, FL: We've made Bruce Fitzpatrick an honorary member for the work he has done on Tony Conigliaro's life, and for the interest he has generated after having performed two speaking engagements in front our substantial audiences. Many Of The Book's Readers: Have compared The Tony Conigliaro Story to Brian's Song.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. - A great read also makes a great gift - - Synopsis - By the time he was five he was a kid with a dream: someday he'd be a baseball player. Gifted with extraordinary skills, a story book romance, rare physical abilities, and Hollywood handsome looks, it appeared Tony had been blessed by the gods. In the midst of this, however, he was beset with the most challenging experience of his life, an event that nearly killed him. Doctors feared he would never see again; fans feared he'd never play again; his family and the love of his life watched in horror, fearing he might never rise again as he lay in the dirt beside home plate, wreathing in agony. This is more than a sports story. This is a human interest story, a love story, a story of triumph, and one of the greatest comeback stories in all of sports history. This is The Tony Conigliaro Story. -Endorsements - The Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame: The Tony Conigliaro Story is highly recommended, particularly for those of Red Sox Nation. - Bruce Markusen, Senior Executive, MLB Hall of Fame ESPN: I loved it So much I didn't know. What a crazy story. You did a terrific job with it. I wish more young fans today knew exactly how good he really was Thanks again - Jay Crawford, Sports Anchor, ESPN Fenway Nation: This is a must-read for every Red Sox fan - those who lived through it all or those who need to know how it happened. Bruce Fitzpatrick does a masterful job of letting us all recall the amazing life of Tony C. We recommend the book highly. Ernie Paicopolos, Executive Julie Markakis: I finished the book this morning. I want to express my gratitude for such a great read. You truly captured Tony's life. I'm sure he is smiling down on you. I hope you sell tons of copies. Julie Markakis Childhood Sweetheart, Lifelong Friend Red Sox Nation, The Villages, FL: We've made Bruce Fitzpatrick an honorary member for the work he has done on Tony Conigliaro's life, and for the interest he has generated after having performed two speaking engagements in front our substantial audiences. Many Of The Book's Readers: Have compared The Tony Conigliaro Story to Brian's Song.…

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Hardback. Condición: Good. Bernard Cole takes a comprehensive look at Chinas Navy, a Navy that continues to grow while the U.S. Navy shrinks. Of particular note, according to the author, is Beijings increased attention to guarding its vital sea lanes because of the nations growing dependence on maritime trade, especially energy supplies.…

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Condición: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today's foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country's rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval, foreign occupation, civil war, and revolution, manage to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyperdevelopment and wealth creation--culminating in the extraordinary dynamism of China today?   Wealth and Power answers this question by examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists, and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China. This fascinating survey begins in the lead-up to the first Opium War with Wei Yuan, the nineteenth-century scholar and reformer who was one of the first to urge China to borrow ideas from the West. It concludes in our time with human-rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, an outspoken opponent of single-party rule. Along the way, we meet such titans of Chinese history as the Empress Dowager Cixi, public intellectuals Feng Guifen, Liang Qichao, and Chen Duxiu, Nationalist stalwarts Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, and Communist Party leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Zhu Rongji.   The common goal that unites all of these disparate figures is their determined pursuit of fuqiang, "wealth and power." This abiding quest for a restoration of national greatness in the face of a "century of humiliation" at the hands of the Great Powers came to define the modern Chinese character. It's what drove both Mao and Deng to embark on root-and-branch transformations of Chinese society, first by means of Marxism-Leninism, then by authoritarian capitalism. And this determined quest remains the key to understanding many of China's actions today.   By unwrapping the intellectual antecedents of today's resurgent China, Orville Schell and John Delury supply much-needed insight into the country's tortured progression from nineteenth-century decline to twenty-first-century boom. By looking backward into the past to understand forces at work for hundreds of years, they help us understand China today and the future that this singular country is helping shape for all of us.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH   "Superb . . . beautifully written and neatly structured."--Financial Times   "[An] engaging narrative of the intellectual and cultural origins of China's modern rise."--The New York Times Book Review   "Informative and insightful . . . a must-read for anyone with an interest in the world's fastest-rising superpower."--Slate   "It does a better job than most other books of answering a basic question the rest of the world naturally asks about China's recent rise: What does China want?"--The Atlantic   "The portraits are beautifully written and bring to life not only their subjects but also the mood and intellectual debates of the times in which they lived."--Foreign Affairs   "Excellent and erudite . . . [The authors] combine scholarly learning with a reportorial appreciation of colorful, revealing details."--The National Interest.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, Stein Ringen concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. China is less strong economically and more dictatorial politically than the world has wanted to believe. By analyzing the leadership of Xi Jinping, the meaning of "socialist market economy," corruption, the party-state apparatus, the reach of the party, the mechanisms of repression, taxation and public services, and state-society relations, The Perfect Dictatorship broadens the field of China studies, as well as the fields of political economy, comparative politics, development, and welfare state studies.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt in China from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong's 1949 ascent. The principal gatherers are mostly little known and defy invention. They included foreign devils who braved desert sandstorms, bandits, and local warlords in acquiring significant works. Adventurous curators like Langdon Warner, a forebear of Indiana Jones, argued that the caves of Dunhuang were already threatened by vandals, thereby justifying the removal of frescoes and sculptures. Other Americans include George Kates, an alumnus of Harvard, Oxford, and Hollywood, who fell in love with Ming furniture. The Chinese were divided between dealers who profited from the artworks' removal and scholars who sought to protect their country's patrimony. Duanfang, the greatest Chinese collector of his era, was beheaded in a coup, and his splendid bronzes now adorn major museums. Others in this rich tapestry include Charles Lang Freer, an enlightened Detroit entrepreneur; two generations of Rockefellers; Avery Brundage, the imperious Olympian; and Arthur Sackler, the grand acquisitor. No less important are two museum directors, Cleveland's Sherman Lee and Kansas City's Laurence Sickman, who challenged the East Coast's hegemony. Shareen Blair Brysac and Karl E. Meyer evenhandedly consider whether ancient treasures were looted or salvaged and whether it was morally acceptable to spirit hitherto inaccessible objects westward, where they could be studied and preserved by trained museum personnel. And how should the US and Canada and their museums respond now that China has the means and will to reclaim its missing patrimony.…

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Hardback. Condición: Fair. A leading national security expert lays out how the U. S. can keep its place as the world's top superpower in the face of a rising China.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. A leading national security expert lays out how the U. S. can keep its place as the world's top superpower in the face of a rising China.

Hardback. Condición: Good. A leading national security expert lays out how the U. S. can keep its place as the world's top superpower in the face of a rising China.

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Paperback. Condición: Good. The need to understand this global giant has never been more pressing: China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise. Focusing his answers through the historical legacies-Western and Japanese imperialism, the Mao era, and the massacre at Tiananmen Square-that largely define China's present-day trajectory, Wasserstrom introduces readers to the Chinese Communist Party, the building boom in Shanghai, and the environmental fall-out of rapid Chinese industrialization. He also explains unique aspects of Chinese culture such as the one-child policy, and provides insight into how Chinese view Americans. Wasserstrom reveals that China today shares many traits with other industrialized nations during their periods of development, in particular the United States during its rapid industrialization in the 19th century. Finally, he provides guidance on the ways we can expect China to act in the future vis-a-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors.…