East Asia Before the West：Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute 2012

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1、.467”bulkk“Inhismicroanalysis,Kanghasofferedaprovocativethesis,whichwillstimulatemuchanal-angysisanddiscussionoftraditionalforeignrelationsinEastAsia.”PoliticalScienceQuarterlydavidc.kangFromthefoundingoftheMingdynastyin1368tothestartoftheOpiumWarsin1841,Chinahasengagedinonlytwolarge-scalecon

2、flictswithitsprincipalneighbors,Korea,Vietnam,andJapan.Thesefourterritorialandcentralizedstateshaveotherwisefosteredpeacefulandlong-lastingrelationshipswithoneanotherandastheyhavegrownmoreeastasiabeforethewestpowerful,theatmospherearoundthemhasstabilized.Focusingontheroleofthe“tributesystem”i

3、nmaintainingstabilityinEastAsiaandfosteringdiplomaticandcommercialexchange,KangcontraststhishistoryagainsttheexampleofEuropeandtheEastAsianstates’skirmisheswithnomadicpeoplestothenorthandwest.ScholarstendtoviewEurope’sexperienceasuniversal,butKangupendsthistradi-tion,emphasizingEastAsia’sform

4、alhierarchyasaninternationalsystemwithitsownhistoryandcharacter.HisapproachnotonlyrecastscommonunderstandingsofEastAsianrelationseastbutalsodefinesamodelthatappliestootherhegemoniesoutsideoftheEuropeanorder.“Consistentlyintelligent...oneofthemoststimulatingbookstoappearinthepastdecade.”H-aSia

5、“Importantinmaintainingtheongoingdiscussiononwhetherornotthereissomethingdis-tinctiveaboutinterstateconductinEastAsia...immenselyenjoyableandinformativeinitsasiarichhistoricaldetail.”internationalaffairSbeforethewest“AssuredlyrenewsthedebateonacontestedtopicinbothEastAsianandglobalhistory.”cH

6、oice“Anelegantmixtureofpoliticalscienceandhistory.”GlobalaSiaDaviDC.KangisprofessorofinternationalrelationsandbusinessanddirectorofthefivecenturiesofKoreanStudiesInstituteattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia.AregularconsultantforbothmultinationalcorporationsandU.S.governmentagencies,hisbooksin

7、cludetradeandtributechinarising:Peace,Power,andorderineastasia,cronycapitalism:corruptionandDevelopmentinSouthKoreaandthePhilippines,andnuclearnorthKorea:aDebateinengagementStrategies.columbiacontemporaryasiaintheworldcoverimage:©istockphotoI