TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chua,Amy
TI  - Day of empire: how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall 
SN  - 9780385512848
AV  - JC359 .C498 2007
U1  - 327.1/12 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - History
KW  - Hegemony
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007015116.html
ER  -