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“brian l evans”

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  • Pursuing China

    Memoir of a Beaver Liaison Officer

    by Brian L. Evans ...
    A memoir of one academic's lifelong fascination with China, examining China's history as well as its relationship with Canada.Brian Evans blends memoir and history to draw a vivid picture of China and its cultural outreach over the past three decades. His historical and sociological insights as student, scholar, and administrator form an authentic commentary as he discusses China and the Cold War; ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Remarkable Chester Ronning

    Proud Son of China

    by Brian L. Evans ...
    Scholar and diplomat Brian L. Evans gives us the first English-language biography of Chester A. Ronning (1894-1984): diplomat, politician, educator, and one of Canada's major public figures. This fascinating story depicts Ronning, the man who received many honours, and deepens readers' knowledge of Canada's post-World War II diplomacy and Canada-China relations. Ronning was an extraordinary ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Forgotten Ally

    China's World War II, 1937–1945

    by Rana Mitter ...
    A history of the Chinese experience in WWII, named a Book of the Year by both the Economist and the Financial Times: "Superb" ( The New York Times Book Review).In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, China became the fourth great ally in ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Nixon in China

    The Week That Changed The World

    by Margaret MacMillan ...
    In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first American president to visit China. His historic one-hour meeting with Mao Zedong ended the breach between the United States and China, which had lasted since the Communist victory in 1949. Just as significantly, the visit changed the face of international relations from a bipolar Cold War to a three-sided struggle involving the Soviet Union, China, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Cultural Revolution

    A People's History, 1962—1976

    by Frank Dikötter ...
    **The concluding volume--following Mao's Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation--in Frank Dikötter's award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revolution in China.After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958–1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated)

    A Modern History

    by Bruce Cumings ...
    "Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book ReviewKorea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century," and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War, and divided and ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Gate of Heavenly Peace

    The Chinese and Their Revolution

    by Jonathan D. Spence ...
    “A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank)In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists who shaped and were shaped by the turbulent events of the twentieth century. By skillfully combining ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Chiang Kai Shek

    China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost

    by Jonathan Fenby ...
    "A welcome reassessment of one of the most important and controversial leaders of the 20th century." — Christian Science MonitorWith a narrative as briskly paced and vividly detailed as an international thriller, this indispensable biography of Chiang Kai-shek masterfully maps the tumultuous political career of Nationalist China's generalissimo as it reevaluates his brave but unfulfilled life ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Restless Empire

    China and the World Since 1750

    by Odd Arne Westad ...
    As the twenty-first century dawns, China stands at a crossroads. The largest and most populous country on earth and currently the world's second biggest economy, China has recently reclaimed its historic place at the center of global affairs after decades of internal chaos and disastrous foreign relations. But even as China tentatively reengages with the outside world, the contradictions of its ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Madame Chiang Kai-shek

    China's Eternal First Lady

    by Laura Tyson Li ...
    The first biography of one of the most controversial and fascinating women of the twentieth century.Beautiful, brilliant, and captivating, Madame Chiang Kai-shek seized unprecedented power during China's long and violent civil war. She passionately argued against Chinese Communism in the international arena and influenced decades of Sino-American relations and modern Chinese history. Raised in one ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom

    America and China, 1776 to the Present

    by John Pomfret ...
    The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: A Captivating Chronicle of the Complex Relationship Between the United States and ChinaFrom clipper ships swapping American ginseng for Chinese tea to warships facing off in the South China Sea, from Yankee missionaries bringing Christianity and education to Chinese laborers building the American West, the United States and China have long been ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • The Man on Mao's Right

    From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, My Life Inside China's Foreign Ministry

    by Ji Chaozhu ...
    No other narrative from within the corridors of power has offered as frank and intimate an account of the making of the modern Chinese nation as Ji Chaozhu’s The Man on Mao’s Right. Having served Chairman Mao Zedong and the Communist leadership for two decades, and having become a key figure in China’s foreign policy, Ji now provides an honest, detailed account of the personalities and events that ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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