Description:
NUS Press, 2013-04-30. Paperback. Used: Good.
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Paperback - 2012
by Jung-Pang Lo; Bruce a. Elleman (Editor)
Details
- Title China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and
- Author Jung-Pang Lo; Bruce a. Elleman (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 450
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher National University of Singapore Press, Singapore.
- Date 2012
- ISBN 9789971695057 / 9971695057
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012330757
- Dewey Decimal Code 359
More Copies for Sale
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
China As a Sea Power, 1127-1368
by Jung-Pang Lo, Bruce A. Elleman (Editor)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789971695057 / 9971695057
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
$34.64FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
$34.64
FREE shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
China as a Sea Power, 1127–1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods
by Lo, Jung-pang; Elleman, Bruce A. [Editor]
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789971695057 / 9971695057
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
$42.77FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
National University of Singapore Press, 2012-01-01. Paperback. Used:Good.
Item Price
$42.77
FREE shipping to USA
China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368.
by LO JUNG-PANG AND BRUCE A. ELLEMAN (ED).
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789971695057 / 9971695057
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Item Price
-
$34.36$19.84 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Singapore.: NUS Press.. 2016.. Black and white photographic illustrations, xx + 378 pages, index, bibliography, paperback. "Lo Jung-pang argues that during each of the three periods when imperial China embarked on maritime enterprises (the Qin and Han dynasties, the Sui and early Tang dynasties, and Song, Yuan, and early Ming dynasties), coastal states took the initiative at a time when China was divided, maritime trade and exploration subsequently peaked when China was strong and unified, and declined as Chinese power weakened. At such times, China's people became absorbed by internal affairs, and state policy focused on threats from the north and the west. These cycles of maritime activity, each lasting roughly five hundred years, corresponded with cycles of cohesion and division, strength and weakness, prosperity and impoverishment, expansion and contraction. In the early 21st century, a strong and outward looking China is again building up its navy and seeking maritime dominance, with important…
Read More Item Price
$34.36
$19.84
shipping to USA