Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Note on Romanization and Conventions xi
6. Chinese and Korean Reign Periods, 1600–1911 xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I. KOWTOWING TO OUR GREAT EMPEROR
9. 1. CONQUERING CHOSŎN: The Rise of the Manchu Regime as the Middle Kingdom, 1616–43 21
10. 2. BARBARIANIZING CHOSŎN: The Chosŏn Model and the Chinese Empire, 1644–1761 50
11. 3. JUSTIFYING THE CIVILIZED The Qing’s Contacts with Chosŏn, Annam, and Britain, 1762–1861 86
12. Part II. SAVING OUR CHOSŎN
13. 4 DEFINING CHOSŎN: Qing China’s Depiction of Chosŏn’s Status, 1862–76 121
14. 5. SUPERVISING CHOSŎN: Qing China’s Patriarchal Role in Chosŏn, 1877–84 144
15. 6. LOSING CHOSŎN: The Rise of a Modern Chinese State, 1885–1911 176
16. Conclusion 215
17. Notes 221
18. Glossary of Chinese Characters 241
19. Bibliography 253
20. Index 275