American Perception of China - Western Perception of China

Author: Harold Isaacs
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: What kind of life did the Chinese people live at the turn of the last century? What upheavals and changes did they experience? What cultural traditions and outdated customs did they uphold? What were the specific conditions in cities, rural areas, and all levels of society? This series of books will answer these questions. The authors of this series were Westerners who lived in China a century ago and had a deep understanding of Chinese culture. They observed and examined this mysterious land from the unique perspective of outsiders, documenting their impressions and amazements in vivid and descriptive language. Each book preserves a wealth of old photographs, allowing us to take a more and clearly look back at the traumatic years of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic. This book elucidates the significant fluctuations in the reactions of Americans, who dominated the history of U.S.-China relations for 170 years, toward China. These impressions and attitudes were largely shaped by the time, place, and environment in which they existed, and it explores the relationship between these impressions and attitudes and politics, international relations, the formulation of government policies, and the formation of public opinion.