ISBN:
9780415659550
,
0415659558
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 214 S
,
Ill
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in US foreign policy
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: Manchester, Univ., Diss., 2011
DDC:
327.73051
Keywords:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
;
Fremdbild
;
Ausland
;
Interdependenz
;
Verflechtung
;
Internationale Politik
;
Außenpolitik
;
Geschichte
;
Entwicklung
;
Tendenz
;
United States Foreign relations
;
China Foreign relations
;
United States Public opinion
;
China Foreign public opinion, American
;
History
;
China Foreign public opinion, American
;
History
;
United States Foreign relations
;
China
;
China Foreign relations
;
United States
;
United States Public opinion
;
USA
;
China
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
USA
;
Identität
;
Macht
;
Staatstätigkeit
;
Chinabild
;
Geschichte 1776-
Abstract:
"Demonstrating how past American images of China are vital to understanding the nature and significance of those which circulate today, this volume seeks to highlight that American images of China are responsible for constructing certain truths and realities about that country and its people and introduces the understanding that these images have always been inextricable from the enactment and justification of US China policies in Washington"--
Abstract:
"Demonstrating how past American images of China are vital to understanding the nature and significance of those which circulate today, this volume seeks to highlight that American images of China are responsible for constructing certain truths and realities about that country and its people and introduces the understanding that these images have always been inextricable from the enactment and justification of US China policies in Washington"--
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 1. - 2. State of the art and conceptional framework 16. - 3. American images of China, 1776-1882 40. - 4. American images of China, 1882-1949 63. - 5. American images of China, 1949-1979 94 . - 6. American images of China, 1979-present 120 . - 7. American images of China, the Obama presidency and beyond 148 . - 8. Conclusion 174
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
