Evelyn Rawski presents a revisionist history of early modern China in the context of northeast Asian geopolitics and global maritime trade.
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Acknowledgements; Note on transcription and other conventions; Introduction; Part I. China in Regional and World History: 1. The northeast frontier in Chinese history; 2. Transformations in early modern northeast Asia; Part II. Cultural Negotiations: 3. Unity and diversity in state rituals; 4. Kinship and succession in China, Japan and Korea; 5. Identity issues: the civilized/barbarian discourse; Conclusion; Epilogue: drawing boundaries in northeast Asia; Bibliography; Index.