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Horner, Charles 1943-

Rising China and its Postmodern Fate : Memories of Empire in a New Global Context Charles Horner - Athens, Georgia University of Georgia Press 2009 - xiv, 224 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-214) and index.

A memory of empire: the new past of old China -- The Yuan Dynasty and the Pax Mongolica -- The Ming Dynasty and the Pax Sinica -- The Qing Dynasty and the Pax Manjurica -- The proletarian dynasty of Chairman Mao -- The history of the world as China's own -- China's continent and the world city -- A peaceful rise and memories of violence -- The strange death of the Soviet empire -- The Chinese people are a heap of loose sand -- Rising China's grand design.

ISBN: 9780820333342

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History -- Foreign Relations -- Historiography -- Yuan
History -- Foreign Relations -- Historiography -- Ming
History -- Foreign Relations -- Historiography -- Qing