Tonio Andrade
Tonio Andrade creció en Salt Lake City, Utah, y es licenciado en Antropología y Master y Doctor en Historia. Actualmente es profesor de Historia en la Universidad de Emory, donde escribe sobre la historia global y la historia de China.
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The Gunpowder Age
China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 448 páginas
PVP: 43,95 €
ISBN 978-0-691-13597-7
EAN 9780691135977
The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839-42. What happened? ...
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Lost Colony
The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory over the West
- Princeton, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 27,95 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15957-7
EAN 9780691159577
During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War--Europe's first war with China--the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals to victory over the Dutch and ...
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