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100 1 $aChua, Amy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002100424
245 10 $aDay of empire :$bhow hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall /$cAmy Chua.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axxxiv, 396 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-382) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: The Secret to World Dominance -- $gPt. 1.$tThe Tolerance of Barbarians -- $g1.$tThe First Hegemon: The Great Persian Empire from Cyrus to Alexander -- $g2.$tTolerance in Rome's High Empire: Gladiators, Togas, and Imperial "Glue" -- $g3.$tChina's Golden Age: The Mixed-Blooded Tang Dynasty -- $g4.$tThe Great Mongol Empire: Cosmopolitan Barbarians -- $gPt. 2.$tThe Enlightening of Tolerance -- $g5.$tThe "Purification" of Medieval Spain: Inquisition, Expulsion, and the Price of Intolerance -- $g6.$tThe Dutch World Empire: Diamonds, Damask, and Every "Mongrel Sect in Christendom" -- $g7.$tTolerance and Intolerance in the East: The Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal Empires -- $g8.$tThe British Empire: "Rebel Buggers" and the "White Man's Burden" -- $gPt. 3.$tThe Future of World Dominance -- $g9.$tThe American Hyperpower: Tolerance and the Microchip -- $g10.$tThe Rise and Fall of the Axis Powers: Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan -- $g11.$tThe Challengers: China, the European Union, and India in the Twenty-first Century -- $g12.$tThe Day of Empire: Lessons of History.
520 1 $a"Now, in this sweeping history of globally dominant empires, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how hyperpowers rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliantly focused chapters, Chua examines history's hyperpowers - Persia, Rome, Tang China, the Mongols, the Dutch, the British, and the United States - and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aImperialism$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104311
650 0 $aHegemony$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007015116.html
852 00 $bmil$hJC539$i.C58 2007