China Imagined: From European Fantasy to Spectacular Power

by Gregory Lee

Book Overview

How did China become China? And where is it leading us? We talk as if it had always existed: eternal China with its 5,000 years of uninterrupted history. But the name 'China' was first used by sixteenth-century Europeans, and its Chinese equivalent, Zhongguo, only gained currency in the mid-1800s.
China Imagined is a thoughtful exploration of the idea of China, from the naming and mapping of its territory and peoples to the creation and rise of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787380165
• ISBN13: 9781787380165
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"