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

ISBN 10: 0593029070 / ISBN 13: 9780593029077

Editore: 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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• Titolo: 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 ...
• Editore: New York : Batnam Press [Putnam's Sons], c1995.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0593029070
• ISBN 13: 9780593029077
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine
• Tipo di libro: Book

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An exploration of the economic power of the overseas Chinese, particularly their domination of the Pacific Rim. The overseas Chinese are a vast, highly interconnected net of 55 million expatriate Chinese who control up to two trillion dollars in assets, and not only dominate the Pacific Rim but are making increasing inroads into the West. Part economic analysis, part Pacific Rim history, and part chronicle of fortunes won, lost and won again, this book tells who the overseas Chinese are and how they got to be 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. The book is also a cautionary tale - for the Chinese stategies that have proven so successful for so long are just as effective today. Sterling Seagrave is the author of "The Soong Dynasty".