Tradition, Treaties, and Trade

Informationen zum Autor Kirk W. Larsen is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. Klappentext Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the 'traditional' Chinese 'tribute system.' This work contends that the motivations! tactics! and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists. Zusammenfassung Relations between the Chosŏn and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the âtraditional❠Chinese âtribute system.❠In contrast, this work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Chosŏn Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction Pre-Nineteenth-Century Sino-Korean Relations Nineteenth-Century Challenges and Changes Treaties and Troops: Bringing Multilateral Imperialism to Korea Soldiers! Diplomats! and Merchants: Establishing a Qing Presence in Korea the Residency of Yuan Shikai Suzerainty! Sovereignty! and Ritual Yuan Shikai and "Commercial Warfare" in Korea Defending Multilateral Privilege at Suzerainty's End: The Sino-Japanese War and Its Aftermath Endings! Echoes! and Legacies Works Cited * Index

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Kirk W. Larsen is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University.

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Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the 'traditional' Chinese 'tribute system.' This work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists.

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• Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction Pre-Nineteenth-Century Sino-Korean Relations Nineteenth-Century Challenges and Changes Treaties and Troops: Bringing Multilateral Imperialism to Korea Soldiers, Diplomats, and Merchants: Establishing a Qing Presence in Korea the Residency of Yuan Shikai Suzerainty, Sovereignty, and Ritual Yuan Shikai and "Commercial Warfare" in Korea Defending Multilateral Privilege at Suzerainty's End: The Sino-Japanese War and Its Aftermath Endings, Echoes, and Legacies Works Cited Index