East Asia before the West : five centuries of trade and tribute / David C. Kang.
East Asia before the West : five centuries of trade and tribute / David C. Kang.
East Asia before the West : five centuries of trade and tribute / David C. Kang.
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New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.
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N327.5009/3
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English
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xiv, 221 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The puzzle : war and peace in East Asian history -- Ideas : hierarchy, status, and hegemony -- States : the Confucian society -- Diplomacy : the tribute system -- War : the longer peace -- Trade : international economic relations -- Frontiers : nomads and islands -- Lessons : history forward and bac...
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New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2010.
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Scholars tend to view Europe's experience as universal, but Kang upends this tradition, emphasizing East Asia's formal hierarchy as an international system with its own history and character. This approach not only recasts our understanding of East Asian relations but also defines a model that applies to other hegemonies outside the European order....
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East Asia before the West : five centuries of trade and tribute / David C. Kang.
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Contemporary Asia in the world.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.
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c2010.
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N327.5009/3
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74VvDVd8yK8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvDVd8yK8b
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0231526741 (e-book)
9780231153188 (cloth : acid-free paper)
023115318X (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780231526746 (e-book)
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327.500903
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991004936009702626
