Lords of the Rim, the Invisible Empire of the Overseas Chinese [Thick Face, Black Heart -- A Stew of hounds -- Sweet Revenge, Eaten Cold -- Elixir of Youth -- The Man Who Discovered Europe -- Children of Yueh -- Sanbao the Sailor -- Chairman of the High Seas -- Part Two: Empire -- 9. Ports Unknown -- 10. The Cannibal -- 11. The Durian Tree -- 12. Silk Boots -- 13. The Genius -- 14. Where Money Hides -- 15. A Place in the Sun - 16. The Sharp End of the Dragon 17. The Fall of the House of Chiang -- 18. Reshaping America -- Money hides a thousand flaws -- Sunrise on the rim]
Sterling Seagrave; Peggy Seagrave, Eilzabeth Murray, Edward Leslie, Hugh D R Baker, R G Tiedermann, Charles D'Orban, Wang Gongwu, S G Redding, John Badgley, Hamish Todd, Frances Wood, Henry Ginsburg, Beth McKillop
Language: English
Published by New York : Batnam Press [Putnam's Sons], c1995., 1995
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1995 reprint ; xii, 338 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780593029077, 9780552140522, 0593029070, 055214052X ; OCLC 36386932 ; LC HF3838.P16 S43 1995 ; Dewey 337.5109 ; LCCN 94044555 ; brown cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Part economic analysis, part Pacific Rim history, part flamboyant chronicle of fortunes won, lost, and won again, Lords of the Pacific Rim is a rich, engrossing, superbly researched, and spectacularly told account of who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. Spanning thousands of years, it encompasses stories of murder and betrayal, bravery and corruption; of triads, syndicates, kingmakers, merchants, emperors, generals, spies, and pirates. Consistently praised for his scholarship and his ability to weave multiple strands into a fast-paced narrative, Sterling Seagrave provides us with not only a masterly history, but also a cautionary tale - for the strategies that have proven so successful for the Chinese in the past are just as effective today. Lords of the Rim furnishes a fascinating portal into both the past and the future of the world's Pacific economy ; Contents: Thick Face, Black Heart -- A Stew of hounds -- Sweet Revenge, Eaten Cold -- Elixir of Youth -- The Man Who Discovered Europe -- Children of Yueh -- Sanbao the Sailor -- Chairman of the High Seas -- Part Two: Empire -- 9. Ports Unknown -- 10. The Cannibal -- 11. The Durian Tree -- 12. Silk Boots -- 13. The Genius -- 14. Where Money Hides -- 15. A Place in the Sun - 16. The Sharp End of the Dragon 17. The Fall of the House of Chiang -- 18. Reshaping America -- Money hides a thousand flaws -- Sunrise on the rim ; FINE/FINE 19. Reshaping America.…
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- Lords of the Rim, the Invisible Empire of the Overseas Chinese [Thick Face, Black Heart -- A Stew of hounds -- Sweet Revenge, Eaten Cold -- Elixir of Youth -- The Man Who Discovered Europe -- Children of Yueh -- Sanbao the Sailor -- Chairman of the High Seas -- Part Two: Empire -- 9. Ports Unknown -- 10. The Cannibal -- 11. The Durian Tree -- 12. Silk Boots -- 13. The Genius -- 14. Where Money Hides -- 15. A Place in the Sun - 16. The Sharp End of the Dragon 17. The Fall of the House of Chiang -- 18. Reshaping America -- Money hides a thousand flaws -- Sunrise on the rim]
- Author
- Sterling Seagrave; Peggy Seagrave, Eilzabeth Murray, Edward Leslie, Hugh D R Baker, R G Tiedermann, Charles D'Orban, Wang Gongwu, S G Redding, John Badgley, Hamish Todd, Frances Wood, Henry Ginsburg, Beth McKillop
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- New York : Batnam Press [Putnam's Sons], c1995.
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0593029070
- ISBN 13
- 9780593029077
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The Lords of the Rim uncovers a complex web of operations which already dominates the Far East and which is now making inroads into the West. Spanning thousands of years and drawing on exhaustive research, it encompasses stories of murder and betrayal, bravery and corruption, of emperors and generals, spies and pirates, and predicts just how the world will change over the coming decades.
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