| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 302 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
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SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-290) and index. |
| Contents |
Statesmen, scholars, and men in the street, 1900-1949 -- Farewell, Leighton Stuart! anti-Americanism in the early fifties -- Challenging a taboo : China's liberal critics and America in 1957 -- Communist crusade and capitalist stronghold : Mao's everlasting revolution and the United States, 1957-1979 -- A balancing act : the People's Daily, 1979-1989 -- Chinese review America : the Dushu Magazine, 1979-1989 -- Popular and not-so-popular America : the Chinese masses and the U.S.A. in the 1980s -- Shall the twain ever meet? old themes and new trends in the last decade of the century. |
| Summary |
What do the Chinese think of America? Why did Jiang Zemin praise the film Titanic? Why did Mao call FDR's envoy Patrick Hurley "a clown?" Why did the book China Can Say No (meaning "no" to the United States) become a bestseller only a few years after a replica of the Statue of Liberty was erected during protests in Tiananmen Square? Jing Li's fascinating book explores Chinese perceptions of the United States during the twentieth century. As Li notes, these two very different countries both played significant roles in world affairs and there were important interactions between them. Chinese views of the United States were thus influenced by various and changing considerations, resulting in interpretations and opinions that were complex and sometimes contradictory. Li uncovers the historical, political, and cultural forces that have influenced these alternately positive and negative opinions. Revealing in its insight into the twentieth century, China's America is also instructive for all who care about the understandings between these two powerful countries in the twenty-first century. -- From the Back Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign public opinion, Chinese -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Public opinion -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Public opinion. |
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China. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Li, Jing, 1961-. China's America. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011 9781438435176 1438435177 (DLC) 2010023368 (OCoLC)642684250 |
| ISBN |
9781441688859 (electronic book) |
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1441688854 (electronic book) |
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1438435185 |
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9781438435183 |
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9781438435176 |
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1438435177 |
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9781438435183 |
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