{"product_id":"ming-china-and-vietnam-negotiating-borders-in-early-modern-asia-paperback-9781107576285","title":"Ming China and Vietnam; Negotiating Borders in Early Modern Asia (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107576285","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMing China and Vietnam\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNegotiating Borders in Early Modern Asia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn analysis of seven linked biographies of Chinese and Vietnamese border-crossers whose lives illustrate the entangled histories of those countries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKathlene Baldanza (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107576285, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e249 pages, 7 b\/w illus.  4 maps\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'I would have no hesitation in assigning the book for an introductory class on early modern Vietnam or South-east Asia. I may also recommend reading it in relation to a book such as Naomi Standen's Unbounded Loyalty (2007) for an advanced class on borders or transnational history.' Joshua C. Herr, The English Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eStudies of Sino-Viet relations have traditionally focused on Chinese aggression and Vietnamese resistance, or have assumed out-of-date ideas about Sinicization and the tributary system. They have limited themselves to national historical traditions, doing little to reach beyond the border. Ming China and Vietnam, by contrast, relies on sources and viewpoints from both sides of the border, for a truly transnational history of Sino-Viet relations. Kathlene Baldanza offers a detailed examination of geopolitical and cultural relations between Ming China (1368–1644) and Dai Viet, the state that would go on to become Vietnam. She highlights the internal debates and external alliances that characterized their diplomatic and military relations in the pre-modern period, showing especially that Vietnamese patronage of East Asian classical culture posed an ideological threat to Chinese states. Baldanza presents an analysis of seven linked biographies of Chinese and Vietnamese border-crossers whose lives illustrate the entangled histories of those countries.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the power of names\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Southern Scholars in the North: 1. A brief history of Annan\u003cbr\u003e 2. A record of the dreams of an old southerner\u003cbr\u003e 3. The northern emperor and the southern emperor\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Officials in the Borderlands: 4. An official at odds with the state\u003cbr\u003e 5. The fearsome panther\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Return of the Le Dynasty: 6. Ruler and minister\u003cbr\u003e 7. The sparrow and the bamboo\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Dai Viet in the Ming-Qing transition\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913266946328,"sku":"9781107576285","price":24.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107576285i.jpg?v=1696766358","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ming-china-and-vietnam-negotiating-borders-in-early-modern-asia-paperback-9781107576285","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}