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010			_a 2007015116
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050	0	0	_aJC359 _b.C498 2007
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100	1		_aChua, Amy.
245	1	0	_aDay of empire : _bhow hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall / _cAmy Chua.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bDoubleday, _cc2007.
300			_axxxiv, 396 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-382) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aImperialism _xHistory.
650		0	_aHegemony _xHistory.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007015116.html
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