Ginseng and Borderland explores the territorial boundaries and political relations between Qing China and Choson Korea during the period from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. By examining a unique body of materials written in Chinese, Manchu, and Korean, and building on recent studies in New Qing History, the author contributes new perspectives to current...(展开全部)

Ginseng and Borderland explores the territorial boundaries and political relations between Qing China and Choson Korea during the period from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. By examining a unique body of materials written in Chinese, Manchu, and Korean, and building on recent studies in New Qing History, the author contributes new perspectives to current...(展开全部)

Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the "traditional" Chinese "tribute system." In contrast, this work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists. Between 1850 and 1910, the Qing attempted to ...(展开全部)

Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the 'traditional' Chinese 'tribute system.' In contrast, this work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists. Between 1850 and 1910, the Qing attempted to ...(展开全部)

Bridges and Boundaries offers a conversation between what might loosely be described as traditionalist diplomatic and military historians, and political scientists who employ qualitative case study methods to examine international relations. The book opens with a series of chapters discussing differences, commonalities, and opportunities for cross-fertilization between the two ...(展开全部)

China's 1911-12 Revolution, which overthrew a 2000-year succession of dynasties, is thought of primarily as a change in governmental style, from imperial to republican, traditional to modern. But given that the dynasty that was overthrown—the Qing—was that of a minority ethnic group that had ruled China's Han majority for nearly three centuries, and that the revolutio...(展开全部)

China's 1911-12 Revolution, which overthrew a 2000-year succession of dynasties, is thought of primarily as a change in governmental style, from imperial to republican, traditional to modern. But given that the dynasty that was overthrown—the Qing—was that of a minority ethnic group that had ruled China's Han majority for nearly three centuries, and that the revolutio...(展开全部)

路康乐(Edward J.M.Rhoads)，美国德克萨斯大学历史系教授，生于中国广东岭南大学，并在那里度过童年时代，1970年在哈佛大学获博士学位。著有《中国的共和革命：广东个案，1895—1913》(China’s republican Revolution:the Case of Kwangtung,1895—1913》和书目文献索引《中国红军，1927—1963》(The Chinese Red Army,1927—1963》。因《满与汉》一书获2002年列文森中国研究著作奖。

查尔斯·贝兹（Charles Beitz），美国艺术与科学院院士，美国普林斯顿大学政治学教授，普林斯顿人类价值研究中心主任；《哲学与公共事务》杂志、《国际伦理学》杂志和《法律、经济学与哲学》杂志编委。其主要研究领域为国际政治理论、民主理论、人权理论和法律理论；主要著作有：《政治理论与国际关系》、《政治平等》、《人权的理念》等。贝兹教授曾荣获古根海姆、洛克菲勒和麦克阿瑟基金以及美国学术团体协会和美国教育委员会研究基金。