The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History

The Gunpowder Age by Tonio Andrade challenges the traditional Eurocentric narrative that China was a stagnant empire that failed to innovate after inventing gunpowder. Instead, Andrade argues that China remained highly dynamic, adaptive, and militarily competitive with Europe until the Industrial Revolution.

Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2016
Book Condition: Near fine hardcover with minimal edge wear to boards and dust jacket. Otherwise, an unmarked copy internally.