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Strange parallels : Southeast Asia in global context, c 800-1830. Volume 2, Mainland mirrors : Europe, Japan, China, South Asia, and the islands /

Blending fine-grained case studies with overarching theory, this book seeks both to integrate Southeast Asia into world history and to rethink much of Eurasia's premodern past. It argues that Southeast Asia, Europe, Japan, China, and South Asia all embodied idiosyncratic versions of a Eurasian-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lieberman, Victor B., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Studies in comparative world history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Series title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Preface; Chapter one: A Far Promontory: Southeast Asia and Eurasia; Chapter two: Varieties of European Experience, I: The Formation of Russia and France to c. 1600; Chapter three: Varieties of European Experience, II: A Great Acceleration, c. 1600-1830; Chapter four: Creating Japan; Chapter five: Integration Under Expanding Inner Asian Influence, I: China: A Precocious and Durable Unity
  • Chapter six: Integration Under Expanding Inner Asian Influence, II: South Asia: Patterns Intermediate Between China and the Protected ZoneChapter seven: Locating the Islands; Conclusion; Index