The China Mirage

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In conversation with author James Bradley


Wednesday, April 29, 2015
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Charles E. Young Research Library Conference Room (11360)
UCLA


Join the Asia Society Southern California and the UCLA Asia Institute in a conversation with bestselling author James Bradley as he discusses his new book The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia.

ABOUT THE BOOK

From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.

In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engrossing work yet. Beginning in the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans who made their fortunes in the China opium trade. As they---good Christians all---profitably addicted millions, American missionaries arrived, promising salvation for those who adopted Western ways.

And that was just the beginning.

From drug dealer Warren Delano to his grandson Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from the port of Hong Kong to the towers of Princeton University, from the era of Appomattox to the age of the A-Bomb, THE CHINA MIRAGE explores a difficult century that defines U.S.-Chinese relations to this day.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Bradley is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Imperial Cruise, Flyboys, and Flags of Our Fathers, and the son of one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. He lives in New York.

MODERATOR

R. Bin Wong is Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Asia Institute at UCLA since 2004. His research has examined Chinese patterns of political, economic and social change both within Asian regional contexts and compared with more familiar European patterns, as part of the larger scholarly efforts underway to make world history speak to contemporary conditions of globalization.

EVENT DETAILS

6:00 Registration/ Reception
6:30 Program
7:30 Book signing

Copies of Bradley's Book The China Mirage will be available for purchase. More information to come.

REGISTRATION 

Must register here to attend. A registration donation of $15 is suggested.

PARKING INFORMATION

Parking for this event is available at UCLA Parking Structure 5. Directions: From the intersection of Charles E. Young Drive North and Royce Drive, proceed south on Royce Drive. Take the first right at the Level 6 sign, which leads to the top level of the parking structure. Visitor parking ($3/hour) is on this level. Please see the UCLA Parking website for information about how to use the parking pay stations. Young Research Library is east of this parking structure and can be reached from Level 6 via a pedestrian bridge over Royce Drive. You will pass North Campus Student Center and then the library will be on your left. An interactive map of the UCLA campus is available here.


Sponsor(s): Asia Society,

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