{"product_id":"9780029336809","title":"Fall of Imperial China","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFall of Imperial China\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Frederic Wakeman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Imperial China\u003c\/i\u003e is Frederic Wakeman, Jr.'s exploration of Imperial China—both its astronomic rise and steep decline.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Introduction: \"Historians of modern China are used to contrasting the dizzying changes in post-renaissance Europe with the glacial creep of Confucian civilization. The West's global expansion to new vistas of discovery thus distorts our perspective of those older worlds that resisted European conquest. The most tenacious of these ancient civilizations was the Chinese empire.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780029336809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40886651912398,"sku":"9780029336809","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_7059a104-5b4c-42c2-91a6-137a8a4d4b11.jpg?v=1645909670","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780029336809","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}