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The Eagle and the Dragon. Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century.
Serge Gruzinski
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Description for The Eagle and the Dragon. Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century.
Hardback. In this important new book the renowned historian Serge Gruzinski returns to two episodes in the sixteenth century which mark a decisive stage in global history and show how China and Mexico experienced the expansion of Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
In this important new book the renowned historian Serge Gruzinski returns to two episodes in the sixteenth century which mark a decisive stage in global history and show how China and Mexico experienced the expansion of Europe.
In the early 1520s, Magellan set sail for Asia by the Western route, Cortes seized Mexico and some Portuguese based in Malacca dreamed of colonizing China. The Aztec Eagle was destroyed but the Chinese Dragon held strong and repelled the invaders - after first seizing their cannon. For the first time, people from three continents encountered one other, confronted one other and ... Read more
In this important new book the renowned historian Serge Gruzinski returns to two episodes in the sixteenth century which mark a decisive stage in global history and show how China and Mexico experienced the expansion of Europe.
In the early 1520s, Magellan set sail for Asia by the Western route, Cortes seized Mexico and some Portuguese based in Malacca dreamed of colonizing China. The Aztec Eagle was destroyed but the Chinese Dragon held strong and repelled the invaders - after first seizing their cannon. For the first time, people from three continents encountered one other, confronted one other and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745667119
SKU
V9780745667119
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About Serge Gruzinski
Serge Gruzinski is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris.
Reviews for The Eagle and the Dragon. Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century.
""A groundbreaking study… a feat of scholarship with striking and far reaching interpretations." Asian Review of Books "Serge Gruzinski has made a brilliant contribution to the new genre of “connected” history in this study, which contrasts the successful conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards with the failure of Portuguese attempts to colonize China." Peter Burke