The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia

Price 20.43 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780316336178


Author


Pages 422

Year of production 2015

Binding 155x235

In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America"s engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engossing work yet. Beginning in the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans who made their fortunes in the China opium trade. As they - good Christians all - profitably addicted millions, American missionaries arrived, promising salvation for those who adopted Western ways. And that was just the beginning. From drug dealer Warren Delano to his grandson Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from the port of Hong Kong to the towers of Princeton University, from the era of Appomattox to the age of the A-Bomb, THE CHINA MIRAGE explores a difficult century that defines U.S - Chinese relations to this day.