East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute by David C. Kang

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

Contemporary Asia in the World

David C. Kang

240 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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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 o...

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