Hopkins Nanjing Center | The Center And China The HopkinsNanjing Center for chinese and american Studies is jointly administered by economics, history, law and related social issues. american and http://www.sais-jhu.edu/Nanjing/center/index.shtml
Extractions: Research ... Links The Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies is jointly administered by Nanjing University and The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The Center offers a one-year graduate-level, residential program in Chinese and American studies with an interdisciplinary curriculum covering topics in international relations, economics, history, law and related social issues. American and International students focus on contemporary China in courses taught in Mandarin by Chinese professors, while Chinese students take courses form American faculty taught entirely in English. Hopkins-Nanjing Center
The Wild West And The American Psyche Alfred Thayer Mahan s The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 16601783 McKinley s stated objective was to make the american west Coast secure from any http://www.apmforum.com/columns/orientseas57.htm
Extractions: The Wild West and the American Psyche The Wild West and the American Psyche Clarence Henderson, 20th April 2003 As an American living and working in Asia, I have watched recent events in the Middle East, and for that matter around the world, with a sense of anxiety, feelings shared by many if not most American ex-pats of my acquaintance. Such anxieties, not surprisingly, have been apparent in recent Pearls (see Fear and Loathing in Manila and Never Ask Questions, God's on Our Side ). I have received feedback of decidedly mixed content and tone, ranging from long, philosophical pieces from Nam 'vets to esoteric commentary on Dylan's 1963 lyrics to obscene tirades from red, white, and blue patriots questioning my masculinity and calling me ugly names. All are welcome, even the latter. At least it provides hard evidence that somebody reads these damn things. As for the critiques and flames, no problem other than the characteristic lack of civility, venomous tone, and tendency to demonize anything not supporting a very narrow worldview. Seems like some folks have forgotten that we Americans still have free speech, at least last time I checked. Nevertheless, I've decided to avoid generating punditry on the Bush administration or current American foreign policy from now on for reasons best left to the reader's imagination. Besides, there are so many people writing about such things with more contextual knowledge and inside poop than I do that I'm not sure I could contribute much to the debate.
Extractions: Links to Historical Maps on Other Sites ... and other less related sites that might be of interest. I'll never get around to drawing every map that needs drawing, so here are other maps on other sites drawn by other people. And remember these are all external sites, so don't blame them for problems you may have discovered on my site, and vice versa. I don't have a search engine here, but if you're curious about a particular topic, you might want to use [ CONTROL F ], and then type in a simple keyword(s), like croatia or world war or Broad Outline of Links: Remember: history is an intersection of time and place, so to find maps of an event, be sure to check both Time and Place. To find maps of Medieval England, for example, check both the Middle Ages and Great Britain Human History organized by Place rather than Time: America Human History organized by Time rather than Place: 20th Century World War I Spanish Civil War ... The Future Reference Classification Guide : What do the stars and stuff mean?
This Day In History Click here to watch this week s THIS DAY IN HISTORY clips in broadbandquality video. OLD west 1806 Meriwether Lewis is shot in the leg http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/
Extractions: After a decade of rule, Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón is deposed in a military coup. Pern, a demagogue who came to power in 1946 with the backing of the working classes, became increasingly authoritarian as Argentina's economy declined in the early 1950s. His greatest political resource was his charismatic wife, Eva "Evita" Perón, but she died in 1952, signaling the collapse of the national coalition that had backed him. Having antagonized the church, students, and others, he was forced into exile by the military in September 1955. He settled in Spain, where he served as leader-in-exile to the "Perónists"a powerful faction of Argentines who remained loyal to him and his system. Born into a lower middle class family in 1895, Juan Domingo Perón built a career in the army, eventually rising to the rank of colonel. In 1943, he was a leader of a group of military conspirators that overthrew Argentina's ineffectual civilian government. Requesting for himself the seemingly minor cabinet post of secretary of labor and social welfare, he began building a political empire based in the labor unions. By 1945, he was also vice president and minister of war in the military regime.
Extractions: A menu from the 1900s "Have You Eaten Yet?," the wonderful Chinese restaurants exhibit now on view at New York's Museum of Chinese in the Americas , takes a Babel of ephemera and makes it speak. One's visit begins with an absence: the never-photographed first Chinese eateries in America, known as "chow chows," which sprang up in California in the mid-19 th century to serve Cantonese laborers. True holes in the wall, they were marked, as per a Chinese tradition, with yellow cloth triangles. No menus have survived, if ever there were any; who knows but that they served stir-fried buffalo. Still, we may gather that the workers liked the fare, for we do have the advertisements of competitors, who suddenly began offering free potatoes with their meals. The spud strategy was ultimately for naught, though: The Chinese restaurant had been born. Would anyone have bet the bank on Chinese food back then? According to
Modern Era Trade between China and the west was carried on in the guise of tribute During the eighteenth century, the market in Europe and America for tea, http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/modern.html
Extractions: The success of the Qing dynasty in maintaining the old order proved a liability when the empire was confronted with growing challenges from seafaring Western powers. The centuries of peace and self-satisfaction dating back to Ming times had encouraged little change in the attitudes of the ruling elite. The imperial Neo-Confucian scholars accepted as axiomatic the cultural superiority of Chinese civilization and the position of the empire at the hub of their perceived world. To question this assumption, to suggest innovation, or to promote the adoption of foreign ideas was viewed as tantamount to heresy. Imperial purges dealt severely with those who deviated from orthodoxy. By the nineteenth century, China was experiencing growing internal pressures of economic origin. By the start of the century, there were over 300 million Chinese, but there was no industry or trade of sufficient scope to absorb the surplus labor. Moreover, the scarcity of land led to widespread rural discontent and a breakdown in law and order. The weakening through corruption of the bureaucratic and military systems and mounting urban pauperism also contributed to these disturbances. Localized revolts erupted in various parts of the empire in the early nineteenth century. Secret societies, such as the White Lotus sect ( ) in the north and the Triad Society ( ) in the south, gained ground, combining anti-Manchu subversion with banditry.
