Empire and Righteous Nation - 600 Years of China-Korea Relations

Historian Odd Arne Westad provides a concise, insightful overview of 600 years of relations between China and the Koreas. The story traces the transition from Korean cultural and political dependence to the tensions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, providing essential background to a complex contemporary geopolitical dynamic.

About the author

Odd Arne Westad is Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University. A fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750 and The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, which won the Bancroft Prize.

Summary

Historian Odd Arne Westad provides a concise, insightful overview of 600 years of relations between China and the Koreas. The story traces the transition from Korean cultural and political dependence to the tensions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, providing essential background to a complex contemporary geopolitical dynamic.

Product details

• Authors: Odd Arne Westad, Westad Odd Arne
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9780674292321
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29232-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Korea, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Political Economy, Asian History, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Political ideologies and movements