Michael H. Hunt (1942–2018)
Autore di Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy
Sull'Autore
Michael H. Hunt is the Everett H. Emerson Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including The World Transformed, 1945 to the Present: A Documentary Reader, Second Edition (OUP, 2014) and Ideology and U.S. mostra altro Foreign Policy, Second Edition (2009). He is also the coauthor, with Steven I. Levine, of Arc of Empire: America's Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam (2012). mostra meno
Opere di Michael H. Hunt
A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives (2010) 36 copie
Frontier defense and the open door : Manchuria in Chinese-American relations, 1895-1911 (1973) 3 copie
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- Data di nascita
- 1942-12-19
- Data di morte
- 2018-04-12
- Sesso
- male
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- Opere
- 14
- Utenti
- 422
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- #57,804
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 40
Hunt does an excellent job of showing the discrimination that Chinese felt in the United States and then shows how that affected the attitudes of Chinese policy makers. There was not a strong impact in the actual relationship because the Qing government was so weak by the time of the Exclusion Act, but it did further sour the Chinese on the United States. Americans, however, were oblivious to this antipathy, instead viewing themselves as saviors of China. Hunt see in this a messianic complex for Americans who thought they could save China spiritually and materially. It was part of the American mission to save other peoples who were less fortunate but could learn from the American example. It never occurred to them that the Chinese might not be grateful for their efforts, even during riots like the Boxer Rebellion, which was blamed on the Qing government and some backward superstitious leaders.
This book is 30 years old now, but it stands the test of time. It is a great introduction to early US-China relations and is very easy to read, despite still offering some nuanced analysis.… (altro)