Description: 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...
Brief description: Yuanchong Wang is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Delaware.
Review Quotes:
The first full-length English-language exploration of the entirety of Qing-Choson relations, Remaking the Chinese Empire will be required reading for anyone interested in Qing or Choson history or in East Asian foreign relations or international relations more broadly. Drawing on a rich and varied base of Chinese, Manchu, Korean, English, Japanese, and other sources and boldly sketching new ways of conceptualizing East Asian foreign relations. The book will be an indispensable part of any conversation about these issues.
-- "The Journal of Asian Studies"