Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives

by Evelyn S. Rawski

Book Overview

In this revisionist history of early modern China, Evelyn Rawski challenges the notion of Chinese history as a linear narrative of dynasties dominated by the Central Plains and Hans Chinese culture from a unique, peripheral perspective. Rawski argues that China has been shaped by its relations with Japan, Korea, the Jurchen/Manchu and Mongol States, and must therefore be viewed both within the context of a regional framework, and as part of a global...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107471524
• ISBN13: 9781107471528
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"