Women and the Literary World in Early Modern China, 1580–1700 Daria BergĪsian Expansions The historical experiences of polity expansion in Asia Edited by Geoff WadeĪsian Expansions The historical experiences of polity expansion in Asiaįirst published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Geoff Wade The right of the editor to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Rethinking the Prehistory of Japan Language, genes and civilisation Ann KumarĪncient Chinese Encyclopedia of Technology Jun Wenren Past Human Migrations in East Asia Matching archaeology, linguistics and genetics Edited by Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Roger Blench, Malcolm D.

The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China “My service in the army”, by Dzengeo Introduction, Translation and Notes by Nicola Di Cosmo Marco Polo’s China A Venetian in the realm of Khubilai Khan Stephen G. Imperial Tombs in Tang China, 618–907 The politics of paradise Tonia EckfeldĮlite Theatre in Ming China, 1368–1644 Grant Guangren Shen Routledge studies in the early history of Asia Geoff Wade is a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. This book will be welcomed by students and scholars of Asian history, as well as by those with an interest in Asian interactions, international relations, polity expansion, Asia–Europe historical comparisons and globalisation. Comparisons and contrasts with European historical expansions are also suggested. Through these chapter studies and the integrative introduction, the book interrogates key concepts such as imperialism and colonialism, and the applicability and relevance of such terminology in Asian contexts, both historical and contemporary.

The chapters draw on these historical examples to highlight the connections between Asian polity expansion and centralised political structures, and this aids in a broader and more comprehensive understanding of Asian political practice, both past and present. The book explores the historical experiences of a set of polity expansions within Asia, specifically in East and Southeast Asia, and, by examining the motivations, mechanisms, processes, validations and limitations of these Asian territorial expansions, reveals the diverse avenues by which Asian polities have grown. In countering this misapprehension, this book suggests that Asian polities have indeed been concerned with territorial control and expansion over time, whether for political or strategic advantage, trade purposes, defence needs, agricultural expansion or increased income through taxation. Recognising the territorial expansions of Asian polities large and small through the last several millennia helps rectify the fallacy, long-held and deeply entrenched, that Asian polities have been interested only in the control of populations, not in expanding their command of territory. 3 Asian states and overseas expansion, 1500–1700: An approach to the problem of European exceptionalismĤ The “native office” system: A Chinese mechanism for southern territorial expansion over two millenniaĥ The Southeast Asian mainland and the world beyond: Rethinking assumptionsĦ The thirteenth province: Internal administration and external expansion in fifteenth-century Ðai Viêtħ The Vietnamese empire and its expansion, c.980–1840Ĩ Siamese state expansion in the Thonburi and early Bangkok periodsĩ Politics of integration and cultures of resistance: A study of Burma’s conquest and administration of Arakan (1785–1825)ġ0 Re-evaluating state, society and the dynamics of expansion in precolonial GowaĪsia as we know it today is the product of a wide range of polity expansions over time.

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