
Out of China
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE
The extraordinary and essential story of how China became the powerful country it is today.
Even at the high noon of Europe''s empires China managed to be one of the handful of countries not to succumb. Invaded, humiliated and looted, China nonetheless kept its sovereignty. Robert Bickers'' major new book is the first to describe fully what has p...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE
The extraordinary and essential story of how China became the powerful country it is today.
Even at the high noon of Europe''s empires China managed to be one of the handful of countries not to succumb. Invaded, humiliated and looted, China nonetheless kept its sovereignty. Robert Bickers'' major new book is the first to describe fully what has p...