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LEADER: 01650cam a2200253 a 4500
001 2007015116
003 DLC
005 20080225122102.0
008 070410s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007015116
020 $a9780385512848
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aJC539$b.C498 2007
082 00 $a327.1/12$222
100 1 $aChua, Amy.
245 10 $aDay of empire :$bhow hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall /$cAmy Chua.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$cc2007.
300 $axxxiv, 396 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-382) and index.
505 0 $aThe first hegemon : the great Persian empire from Cyrus to Alexander -- Tolerance in Rome's high empire : gladiators, togas, and imperial glue -- China's golden age : the mix-blooded Tang dynasty -- The great Mongol empire : cosmopolitan barbarians -- The "purification" of medieval Spain : inquisition, expulsion, and the price of intolerance -- The Dutch world empire : diamonds, damask, and every "mongrel sect in Christendom" -- Tolerance and intolerance in the East : the Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal empires -- The British empire : "rebel buggers" and the "white man's burden" -- The American hyperpower : tolerance and the microchip -- The rise and fall of the Axis Powers : the strategic price of intolerance -- The challengers : China, the European Union, and India in the twenty-first century -- The day of empire : lessons of history.
650 0 $aImperialism$xHistory.
650 0 $aHegemony$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007015116.html