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Book SynopsisRelations 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.
Trade ReviewAn important addition to the body of literature on the period of Korea’s opening. -- J. E. Hoare * Asian Affairs *
This is an important and stimulating work, and it deserves to be widely read. -- Richard S. Horowitz * Journal of Asian Studies *
Its rich analysis of the Qing’s interventionism sheds fresh and more varied light on interpreting Qing China’s imperialism into Choson Korea at the turn of the twentieth century, not only in the history of Sino–Korean relation but in the larger historical and regional context of imperialism of the world. -- Jungwon Kim * Korean Studies *
This is a fine piece of diplomatic and political history that should become standard reading for anyone interested in the process of imperialism in late nineteenth-century East Asia. -- Kenneth M. Swope * Pacific Affairs *
Table of Contents* Conventions and Abbreviations * Introduction * Pre-Nineteenth-Century Sino-Korean Relations * Nineteenth-Century Challenges and Changes * Treaties and Troops: Bringing Multilateral Imperialism to Korea * Soldiers, Diplomats, and Merchants: Establishing a Qing Presence in Korea * the Residency of Yuan Shikai * Suzerainty, Sovereignty, and Ritual * Yuan Shikai and "Commercial Warfare" in Korea * Defending Multilateral Privilege at Suzerainty's End: The Sino-Japanese War and Its Aftermath * Endings, Echoes, and Legacies * Works Cited * Index
