Remaking the Chinese Empire: Manchu-Korean Relations, 1616-1911

by Yuanchong Wang

Book Overview

Remaking the Chinese Empire examines China's development from an empire into a modern state through the lens of Sino-Korean political relations during the Qing period. Incorporating Korea into the historical narrative of the Chinese empire, it demonstrates that the Manchu regime used its relations with Chosŏn Korea to establish, legitimize, and consolidate its identity as the civilized center of the world, as a cosmopolitan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501770144
• ISBN13: 9781501770142
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher