Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps xiii
4. Tables xiv
5. Preface to the Second Edition xv
6. Preface xvii
7. Acknowledgments xxi
8. One The Emergence of an International System in East Asia 1
9. Two Shadows Over Tang Splendor 62
10. Three East Asia Uncentered 89
11. Four The Mongol Ascendancy 128
12. Five The Resurgence of Chinese Power and the Coming of Islam 150
13. Six Europe and Japan Disrupt the East Asian International Order 183
14. Seven The Great Qing Empire 216
15. Eight Triumph of the West 245
16. Nine The Ascendance of Japan 273
17. Ten Challenge to the West 303
18. Eleven War and Decolonization, 1932–1949 338
19. Twelve The Cold War in East Asia 370
20. Thirteen The Resurgence of East Asian Economic Power 415
21. Fourteen On the Eve of the Twenty-first Century 449
22. Fifteen East Asia in the Twenty-first Century 476
23. Closing Thoughts 509
24. Notes 517
25. Further Reading 527
26. Index 535