East Asia Before the West

Informationen zum Autor David C. Kang is professor of international relations and business and director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California. A regular consultant for both multinational corporations and U.S. government agencies, his books include China Rising, Crony Capitalism, and Nuclear North Korea: A Debate in Engagement Strategies. Klappentext Focusing on the role of the "tribute system" in maintaining stability in East Asia and in fostering diplomatic and commercial exchange, Kang contrasts this history against the example of Europe and East Asian states' skirmishes with nomadic peoples to the north and west. Although China has been the unquestioned hegemon in the region, with other political units considered second, the tributary order has entailed military, cultural, and economic dimensions that have afforded its participants immense latitude. Europe's "Westphalian" system, on the other hand, has pursued formal equality among states and has balanced power politics, leading to incessant interstate conflict. Scholars tend to view Europe's experience as universal, but Kang upends this tradition, emphasizing East Asia's formal hierarchy as an international system with its own history and character. This approach not only recasts our understanding of East Asian relations but also defines a model that applies to other hegemonies outside the European order.

Product details

• Authors: David Kang, David (University of Southern California) Kang, David C. Kang
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2010
• EAN: 9780231153188
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15318-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Contemporary Asia in the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business; HISTORY / Asia / General, East Asia, Far East, Asian History, Asia; Economic History