East Asia at the Center: Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World

Abstract

Preface 1. The Emergence of an International System in East Asia In the beginning there was China Other rooms, other voices Empire of the Han, challenge of the Xiongnu The diffusion of power China Korea Japan Southeast Asia Conclusion 2. Shadows over Tang Splendor The Sui The Years of Tang Ascendance Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia 3. East Asia Uncentered Late Tang The Tibetan Factor The demise of the Tang Dynasty Northeast Asia Southeast Asia The Song reunify China Koryo Japan Southeast Asia in Turmoil Conclusion 4. The Mongol Ascendancy Chinggis Khan and his sons Khubilai Khan and the Asian Resistance to Khubilai as Universal Ruler The last days of the Yuan Conclusion 5. The Resurgence of Power and the Coming of Islam Rise of the Ming Koreans, Japanese, and Ryukyu Islanders Southeast Asia and the spread of Islam Ming China on the eve of the Portuguese intrusion Conclusion 6. Europe and Japan Disrupt the East Asian International Order Arrival of the Portuguese The Ming under Siege The Rise of Japanese Power Other Europeans: The Arrival of the Dutch and the English Southeast Asia: Magnet for the West Last Days of the Ming Conclusion 7. The Great Qing Empire Rebuilding of the Chinese empire Japan and Korea Southeast Asia in flux Approach of the British empire Conclusion 8. Triumph of the West The British are coming The Yanks are coming France's quest for glory Russia as a Pacific power And then there were the Dutch Conclusion 9. The Ascendance of Japan Restoration and self-strengthening in China The Meiji Restoration Japan ascendant The United States as an East Asian Power The Boxer War In the light of the Rising Sun Conclusion 10. Challenge to the West Development of the Japanese empire The Rise of nationalism Nationalism elsewhere in East Asia Washington and Moscow look to East Asia Nationalist revolution in China Crisis in Manchuria 11. War and Decolonization, 1932-1949 In the beginning it was Manchuria China imperiled War comes to Asia Japan's Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere The war ends in East Asia Decolonization in Southeast Asia Conclusion 12. The Cold War in Asia The occupation of Japan Revolution in China War in Korea Southeast Asia and the Cold War China, Taiwan, and the United States Conclusion 13. The Resurgence of East Asian Economic Power Japan as # 1 Little Dragons Southeast Asia China joins the world market economy The Japan that can say no Conclusion 14. On the Eve of the 21st Century Disaster at Tiananmen Democracy comes to Taiwan The Korean peninsula: democracy and nuclear weapons Red star over Hong Kong Crisis in Southeast Asia Conclusion Closing Thoughts Further Reading Index