East Asia before the West : five centuries of trade and tribute

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East Asia before the West : five centuries of trade and tribute

Title remainder

five centuries of trade and tribute

Statement of responsibility

David C. Kang

Creator

• Kang, David C., (David Chan-oong), 1965-

Subject

• Außenhandel
• Commerce
• Diplomatic relations
• East Asia
• East Asia
• East Asia -- Commerce | History
• East Asia -- Foreign relations
• East Asia -- Politics and government
• Friede
• History
• Internationale Politik
• Internationale Politik
• Krieg
• Ostasien
• Ostasien
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | International
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations | General
• Politics and government
• Außenhandel

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

From the founding of the Ming dynasty 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 each has 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 examp

Member of

• Contemporary Asia in the world

Cataloging source

CDX

Dewey number

327.5009/03

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HF3820.5

LC item number

.K36 2010eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Contemporary Asia in the world