Day of empire : how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall /
Chua, Amy.
Day of empire : how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall / Amy Chua. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2007. - xxxiv, 396 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-382) and index.
The first hegemon : the great Persian empire from Cyrus to Alexander -- Tolerance in Rome's high empire : gladiators, togas, and imperial glue -- China's golden age : the mix-blooded Tang dynasty -- The great Mongol empire : cosmopolitan barbarians -- The "purification" of medieval Spain : inquisition, expulsion, and the price of intolerance -- The Dutch world empire : diamonds, damask, and every "mongrel sect in Christendom" -- Tolerance and intolerance in the East : the Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal empires -- The British empire : "rebel buggers" and the "white man's burden" -- The American hyperpower : tolerance and the microchip -- The rise and fall of the Axis Powers : the strategic price of intolerance -- The challengers : China, the European Union, and India in the twenty-first century -- The day of empire : lessons of history.
9780385512848
2007015116
Imperialism--History.
Hegemony--History.
JC359 / .C498 2007
327.1/12
Day of empire : how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall / Amy Chua. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2007. - xxxiv, 396 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-382) and index.
The first hegemon : the great Persian empire from Cyrus to Alexander -- Tolerance in Rome's high empire : gladiators, togas, and imperial glue -- China's golden age : the mix-blooded Tang dynasty -- The great Mongol empire : cosmopolitan barbarians -- The "purification" of medieval Spain : inquisition, expulsion, and the price of intolerance -- The Dutch world empire : diamonds, damask, and every "mongrel sect in Christendom" -- Tolerance and intolerance in the East : the Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal empires -- The British empire : "rebel buggers" and the "white man's burden" -- The American hyperpower : tolerance and the microchip -- The rise and fall of the Axis Powers : the strategic price of intolerance -- The challengers : China, the European Union, and India in the twenty-first century -- The day of empire : lessons of history.
9780385512848
2007015116
Imperialism--History.
Hegemony--History.
JC359 / .C498 2007
327.1/12