Description

Book Synopsis
Explores the resonance American conservatives felt with the defeat of Chiang Kai-Shek and his exile to Taiwan, which they lamented as the loss of China to communism and the corrosion of traditional values.

Trade Review
"Asia First is a terrific contribution to the literature on Sino-American relations, with its brilliant exploration of China's centrality to conservative American politics in the 1950s and 1960s. Mao is not only original but rather ingenious in how she takes characters, such as Alfred Kohlberg, Robert Welch, and Barry Goldwater, and uses them as lenses through which to view the larger phenomenon of China in American political culture in the decades after World War II." (Christopher Jespersen, University of North Georgia)

Asia First China and the Making of Modern

    Product form

    £33.25

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £35.00 – you save £1.75 (5%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Mon 29 Jun 2026.

    A Hardback by Joyce Mao

    10 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Asia First China and the Making of Modern by Joyce Mao

      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 09/06/2015
      ISBN13: 9780226252711, 978-0226252711
      ISBN10: 022625271X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the resonance American conservatives felt with the defeat of Chiang Kai-Shek and his exile to Taiwan, which they lamented as the loss of China to communism and the corrosion of traditional values.

      Trade Review
      "Asia First is a terrific contribution to the literature on Sino-American relations, with its brilliant exploration of China's centrality to conservative American politics in the 1950s and 1960s. Mao is not only original but rather ingenious in how she takes characters, such as Alfred Kohlberg, Robert Welch, and Barry Goldwater, and uses them as lenses through which to view the larger phenomenon of China in American political culture in the decades after World War II." (Christopher Jespersen, University of North Georgia)

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account