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Author: Kendall A. Johnson (Associate Professor of American Studies and Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Hong Kong)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9781421422510
ISBN 10: 1421422514
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 20 June 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
. . . in exploring, in so much depth and so persuasively, the romance of free trade, Johnson has prepared the way for further explorations of how different approaches to American political economy intersected with US-China relations, as well as provided a basis for interrogating why-and how-there could have been such ideological and narrative continuity amid such significant change in this complex relationship. * H-Net Reviews * The New Middle Kingdom is at its core an account of those who shaped the US' early relationship with China. By examining these figures through their own works and their national context, Johnson crafts a remarkable argument about the intricacies of both the China trade, and, more challengingly, the roots of American empire to be found there. * American Literary History * . . . Johnson chronicles a fascinating account of how the nation forged a new alliance with China in a triumphalist era to reposition the US as the world's new Middle Kingdom. Recommended.
... Johnson chronicles a fascinating account of how the nation forged a new alliance with China in a triumphalist era to reposition the US as the world's new Middle Kingdom. Recommended.
The New Middle Kingdom is at its core an account of those who shaped the US' early relationship with China. By examining these figures through their own works and their national context, Johnson crafts a remarkable argument about the intricacies of both the China trade, and, more challengingly, the roots of American empire to be found there. . . . in exploring, in so much depth and so persuasively, the romance of free trade, Johnson has prepared the way for further explorations of how different approaches to American political economy intersected with US-China relations, as well as provided a basis for interrogating why-and how-there could have been such ideological and narrative continuity amid such significant change in this complex relationship.
... Johnson chronicles a fascinating account of how the nation forged a new alliance with China in a triumphalist era to reposition the US as the world's new Middle Kingdom. Recommended. The New Middle Kingdom is at its core an account of those who shaped the US' early relationship with China. By examining these figures through their own works and their national context, Johnson crafts a remarkable argument about the intricacies of both the China trade, and, more challengingly, the roots of American empire to be found there. * American Literary History * ... in exploring, in so much depth and so persuasively, the romance of free trade, Johnson has prepared the way for further explorations of how different approaches to American political economy intersected with US-China relations, as well as provided a basis for interrogating why-and how-there could have been such ideological and narrative continuity amid such significant change in this complex relationship. * H-Net Reviews *
Author Information
Kendall A. Johnson is an associate professor of American studies and the head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Henry James and the Visual and the editor of Narratives of Free Trade: The Commercial Cultures of Early US-China Relations.
