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

Maps xi Tables xii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii The Emergence of an International System in East Asia 1(61) In the Beginning There Was China 1(16) Other Rooms, Other Voices 17(2) Empire of the Han, Challenge of the Xiongnu 19(22) The Diffusion of Power 41(18) China 41(7) Korea 48(3) Japan 51(3) Southeast Asia 54(5) Conclusion 59(3) Shadows Over Tang Splendor 62(27) The Sui 62(4) The Years of Tang Ascendance 66(16) Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia 82(5) Conclusion 87(2) East Asia Uncentered 89(39) Late Tang 90(2) The Tibetan Factor 92(2) The Demise of the Tang Dynasty 94(3) Northeast Asia 97(4) Southeast Asia 101(5) The Song reunify China 106(8) Koryo 114(4) Japan 118(3) Southeast Asia in Turmoil 121(5) Conclusion 126(2) The Mongol Ascendancy 128(22) Chinggis Khan and his sons 128(4) Khubilai Khan and the Chinese 132(9) Asian Resistance to Khubilai as Universal Ruler 141(6) The last days of the Yuan 147(1) Conclusion 148(2) The Resurgence of Chinese Power and the Coming of Islam 150(33) Rise of the Ming 150(16) Koreans, Japanese, and Ryukyu Islanders 166(7) Southeast Asia and the Spread of Islam 173(6) Ming China on the Eve of the Portuguese intrusion 179(2) Conclusion 181(2) Europe and Japan Disrupt the East Asian International Order 183(33) Arrival of the Portuguese 183(6) The Ming Under Siege 189(5) The Rise of Japanese Power 194(6) Other Europeans: The Arrival of the Dutch and the English 200(4) Southeast Asia: Magnet for the West 204(7) Last Days of the Ming 211(2) Conclusion 213(3) The Great Qing Empire 216(29) Rebuilding of the ``Chinese'' empire 216(11) Japan and Korea 227(5) Southeast Asia in flux 232(7) The Approach of the British empire 239(4) Conclusion 243(2) Triumph of the West 245(28) The British Are Coming 245(13) The Yanks Are Coming 258(7) France's Quest for Glory 265(2) Russia as a Pacific Power 267(1) And Then There Were the Dutch 268(3) Conclusion 271(2) The Ascendance of Japan 273(30) Restoration and Self-strengthening in China 273(7) The Meiji Restoration 280(5) Japan Ascendant 285(6) The United States as an East Asian Power 291(4) The Boxer War 295(4) In the Light of the Rising Sun 299(3) Conclusion 302(1) Challenge to the West 303(35) Development of the Japanese Empire 304(6) The Rise of Chinese Nationalism 310(8) Nationalism Elsewhere in East Asia 318(4) Washington and Moscow Look to East Asia 322(6) Nationalist Revolution in China 328(6) Crisis in Manchuria 334(4) War and Decolonization, 1932-1949 338(32) In the beginning It Was Manchuria 338(3) China Imperiled 341(3) War comes to Asia 344(7) Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 351(7) The War Ends in East Asia 358(4) Decolonization in Southeast Asia 362(5) Conclusion 367(3) The Cold War in East Asia 370(45) The Occupation of Japan 372(4) Revolution in China 376(7) War in Korea 383(7) Southeast Asia and the Cold War 390(14) China, Taiwan, and the United States 404(9) Conclusion 413(2) The Resurgence of East Asian Economic Power 415(34) Japan as #1 415(9) Little Dragons 424(11) Southeast Asia 435(6) China Joins the World Market Economy 441(3) The Japan That Can Say No 444(3) Conclusion 447(2) On the Eve of the 21st Century 449(36) Disaster at Tiananmen 449(5) Democracy Comes to Taiwan 454(5) The Korean Peninsula: Democracy and Nuclear Weapons 459(6) Red Star Over Hong Kong 465(3) Crisis in Southeast Asia 468(6) Conclusion 474(11) Closing Thoughts 477(8) Notes 485(10) Further Reading 495(8) Index 503