East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute - Rilegato

Kang, David C.

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ISBN 10: 023115318X ISBN 13: 9780231153188

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2010

Riassunto

From the founding of the Ming dynasly in 1368 to the start of the Opium Wars in 1841, China has engaged in only two large-scale conflicts with its principal neighbors, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. These four territorial and centralized states have otherwise fostered peaceful and long-lasting relationships with one another, and as they have grown more powerful, the atmosphere around them has stabilized.

Focusing on the role of the "tribute system" in maintaining stability in East Asia and in fostering diplomatic and commercial exchange, Kang contrasts this history against the example of Europe and the East Asian states' skirmishes with nomadic peoples to the north and west. Although China has been the unquestioned hegemon in the region, with other political units always considered secondary, the tributary order entailed military, cultural, and economic dimensions that afforded its participants immense latitude. Europe's "Westphalian" system, on the other hand, was based on formal equality among states and balance-of-power politics, resulting in ineessant interstate conflict.

Scholars tend to view Europe's experience as universal, but King 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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L'autore:

David C. Kang is professor of international relations and business and director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California. A regular consultant for both multinational corporations and U.S. government agencies, his books include China Rising, Cronv Capitalism, and Nuclear North Korea: A Debate in Engagement Strategies.

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Book by Kang David C

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• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 023115318X
• ISBN 13: 9780231153188
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 221