Books by Kirk W. Larsen
“By looking at Korea, he shows that what the Qing leaders wanted to do was to transform that Imperial relationship with Korea into a kind of colonial relationship, not colonial in terms of settler colonialism, but in terms of Korea having the same kind of subservient relationship to China, as say, Algeria had to France or Ireland had to Britain. And they failed in that, in part because they came up against another imperialism that was more powerful than they were—the Japanese. But the Koreans resisted it as well. “ Read more...
The best books on China Korea Relations
Odd Arne Westad, Historian
Interviews where books by Kirk W. Larsen were recommended
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Chinese Hegemony: Grand Strategy and International Institutions in East Asian History
by Feng Zhang -
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Sacred Mandates: Asian International Relations since Chinggis Khan
by Timothy Brook (ed.) -
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The Annals of King T'aejo: Founder of Korea's Choson Dynasty
by Choi Byonghyon -
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Tradition, Treaties, and Trade: Qing Imperialism and Choson Korea, 1850-1910
by Kirk W. Larsen -
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Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World
by masuda hajimu
The best books on China Korea Relations, recommended by Odd Arne Westad
The best books on China Korea Relations, recommended by Odd Arne Westad
China has had close political and cultural relations with Korea for centuries and the history of that relationship can shed light on China’s approach to international relations more broadly—including in its imperial past. Yale historian Odd Arne Westad recommends the best books on China, Korea and the relationship between them.
