East Asia in the World
Twelve Events That Shaped the Modern International Order

This accessible collection examines twelve historic events in the international relations of East Asia.

Stephan Haggard (Edited by), David C. Kang (Edited by)

9781108479875, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 October 2020

350 pages
15 x 23 x 2 cm, 0.63 kg

'The 1895 Venezuela crisis, the Franco-Prussian War, World War I – key events in the European and transatlantic historical experience have long shaped international relations theory. But what about the Ming invasion of Vietnam, the Qing unification, the 1894 Sino-Japanese War? In this innovative volume, Haggard and Kang argue that these and other key events in East Asian history belong in the IR canon in order for scholars to better understand world politics.' Jennifer Lind, Dartmouth College

This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric experience. Written by an international team of historians and political scientists, these essays draw attention to the China-centered East Asian order – with its long history of dominance – and what this order might tell us about the current epoch.

Part I. Historicizing East Asian international relations: 1. Introduction Stephan Haggard and David Kang
2. East Asian international relations over the longue duree Kenneth M. Swope and David Kang
3. The political economy of the East Asian maritime world in the sixteenth century Richard von Glahn
Part II. The East Asian system over time: 4. East Asia's first world war, 643–668 CE Nadia Kanagawa
5. The founding of the Korean Chos?n Dynasty, 1392 Ji-Young Lee
6. The Ming invasion of Vietnam, 1407–1427 James A. Anderson
7. Ming grand strategy during the Great East Asian War, 1592–1598 Kenneth M. Swope
8. The Qing unification, 1618–1683 Pamela Kyle Crossley
Part III. Contact: East and West: 9: The Zheng state and the fall of Dutch Formosa, 1662 Tonio Andrade
10. The Opium Wars of 1839–1860 Richard S. Horowitz
11. Matthew Perry in Japan, 1852–4 Alexis Dudden
12. Philippine national independence 1898–1904 Andrew Yeo
13. The Sino-Japanese War, 1894–1895 Seo-Hyun Park
14. The death of Eastphalia, 1874 Saeyoung Park
Conclusion: 15. East Asian history and international relations Andrew J. Coe and Scott Wolford.

Subject Areas: International institutions [JPSN], Geopolitics [JPSL], Diplomacy [JPSD], International relations [JPS]