Empire in Asia
A New Global History
Published on 28. June 2018
Book
978-1-4725-9666-6 (ISBN)
Description
Asia was the principle focus of empire-builders from Alexander and Akbar to Chinggis Khan and Qianlong and yet, until now, there has been no attempt to provide a comprehensive history of empire in the region. Empire in Asia is the first thorough survey of the topic
Volume I traces the evolution of a constellation of competing empires in Asia from the 13th through to the 18th centuries. It describes the history and characteristic features of imperial regimes in each major sub-region of Asia, from the Ottomans and Safavids in the West, Romanovs in the North, Mughals in the South, the Mongols & their successors in Inner Asia, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the East. Volume II covers the long 19th century, commonly seen in terms of 'high imperialism' and the global projection of Western power. It explores the dynamic, volatile and contested processes which caused, by the early years of the 20th century, the integration of Asian states, spaces and peoples into the wider dynamics of global reordering.
The 2 volumes of Empire in Asia offer a significant contribution to the theory and practice of empire when considered globally and comparatively, and are essential reading for all students and scholars of global, imperial and Asian history.
Volume I traces the evolution of a constellation of competing empires in Asia from the 13th through to the 18th centuries. It describes the history and characteristic features of imperial regimes in each major sub-region of Asia, from the Ottomans and Safavids in the West, Romanovs in the North, Mughals in the South, the Mongols & their successors in Inner Asia, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the East. Volume II covers the long 19th century, commonly seen in terms of 'high imperialism' and the global projection of Western power. It explores the dynamic, volatile and contested processes which caused, by the early years of the 20th century, the integration of Asian states, spaces and peoples into the wider dynamics of global reordering.
The 2 volumes of Empire in Asia offer a significant contribution to the theory and practice of empire when considered globally and comparatively, and are essential reading for all students and scholars of global, imperial and Asian history.
Reviews / Votes
[A] useful survey of an enormously complex subject. It seems to this reviewer that the ideal audience for this text would be advanced undergraduates and early graduate students. * Pacific Historical Review * Empire is a dirty word, more often than not associated with Europe's expansion overseas. But many of the world's most powerful empires were in Asia, and they too battled for more territory. In this engagingly written and carefully crafted volume, some of the best scholars in the field bring much needed clarity to the many ways in which empire became truly global in the nineteenth century, with repercussions that can be felt to his day. * Frank Dikoetter, Chair Professor of Humanities, University of Hong Kong, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and author of Mao's Great Famine (2011) - of Volume II * Fairey, Brunero, and Farrell have assembled a remarkably far-reaching book, whose many contributions to the debate on empires in Asian and world history are at once provocative and innovative. Weaving together the histories of Asian empires and European empires in Asia from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, this work poses new questions and challenges established concepts, chronologies, and narratives of both modernity and empire. The Asian perspective offers another vista to a history of globalization in which empires, both East and West, were prime agents, and in that lies the most valuable contribution of this extensive and stimulating collection of studies. * Nicola Di Cosmo, LUCE Foundation Professor in East Asian Studies, Institute of Advanced Study, University of London, UK *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
1280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-9666-6 (9781472596666)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Brian P. Farrell is Professor of Military History at the National University of Singapore, Singapore. His publications include The Defence and Fall of Singapore, 1940-1942 (2005), The Basis and Making of British Grand Strategy 1940-43 (1998) and Between Two Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 (1999).
Content
Volume I:
Volume Editors: Brian P. Farrell (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Jack Fairey (Independent Scholar)
Series Introduction: Reordering an Imperial, Global, Modern Asia (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
Volume I Introduction: Making Imperial Asia (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Jack Fairey)
1. Inner Asia, 1100s - 1405: The Making of Chinggisid Eurasia (Florence Hodous, Renmin University, China)
2. The Great Ming and East Asia: The World Order of a Han-Centric Chinese Empire, 1368-1644 (Wang Jinping, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
3. East Asia under the Expanding Qing (Frederik Vermote, California State University, Fresno, USA)
4. Southwest Asia, 1300-1800: Ottomans, Safavids and the Turco-Persianate Imperial Tradition (Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
5. South Asia, 1400-1800: The Mughal Empire and the Turco-Persianate Imperial Tradition (Murari K. Jha, Nalanda University, India)
6. Northern Eurasia, 1300-1800: Russian Imperial Practice from Tsardom to Empire (Paul Werth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
7. In Search of 'Empire' in Mainland Southeast Asia (Bruce Lockhart, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
8.In Search of 'Empire' in the Insular Malay World (Sher Banu Khan, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
9. Iberian Maritime Asia, 1497-1700s: The Portuguese and Spanish Empires in Asia (Anthony Disney, La Trobe University, Australia)
10. Chartered Companies and Empire (Peter Borschberg, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Index
Volume II:
Volume Editors: Brian P. Farrell (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Donna Brunero (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Series Introduction: Reordering an Imperial, Global, Modern Asia (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
Volume II Introduction: Globalizing Empire in Asia (Brian P. Farrell and Donna Brunero, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
1. In the Center of it All: A Pastoral Review of Asian Empire (Thomas DuBois, Independent Scholar)
2. Legal Fiction: Extraterritoriality as an Instrument of British Power in China in the Long Nineteenth Century (Robert Bickers, Bristol University, UK)
3. East Asian Empire and Technology: Imperial Japan and Mobilizing Infrastructure, 1868-1931 (John DiMoia, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin, Germany)
4. Suzerainty vs. Sovereignty: Establishing French Empire in Indochina (Bruce Lockhart, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
5. Mobilities in Empire: Russian's Asian Empire (Paul Werth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
6. Staking out an Imperial States System: the Imperial Frontier in Asia in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
7. Faith in Empire: Ottoman Religion and Imperial Governance in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' (Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
8. Maritime Goes Global: The British Maritime Empire in Asia (Donna Brunero, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
9. Empire in Asia: The Long Nineteenth Century? (Odd Arne Westad, Harvard University, USA)
Bibliography
Index
Volume Editors: Brian P. Farrell (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Jack Fairey (Independent Scholar)
Series Introduction: Reordering an Imperial, Global, Modern Asia (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
Volume I Introduction: Making Imperial Asia (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Jack Fairey)
1. Inner Asia, 1100s - 1405: The Making of Chinggisid Eurasia (Florence Hodous, Renmin University, China)
2. The Great Ming and East Asia: The World Order of a Han-Centric Chinese Empire, 1368-1644 (Wang Jinping, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
3. East Asia under the Expanding Qing (Frederik Vermote, California State University, Fresno, USA)
4. Southwest Asia, 1300-1800: Ottomans, Safavids and the Turco-Persianate Imperial Tradition (Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
5. South Asia, 1400-1800: The Mughal Empire and the Turco-Persianate Imperial Tradition (Murari K. Jha, Nalanda University, India)
6. Northern Eurasia, 1300-1800: Russian Imperial Practice from Tsardom to Empire (Paul Werth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
7. In Search of 'Empire' in Mainland Southeast Asia (Bruce Lockhart, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
8.In Search of 'Empire' in the Insular Malay World (Sher Banu Khan, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
9. Iberian Maritime Asia, 1497-1700s: The Portuguese and Spanish Empires in Asia (Anthony Disney, La Trobe University, Australia)
10. Chartered Companies and Empire (Peter Borschberg, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Index
Volume II:
Volume Editors: Brian P. Farrell (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Donna Brunero (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Series Introduction: Reordering an Imperial, Global, Modern Asia (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
Volume II Introduction: Globalizing Empire in Asia (Brian P. Farrell and Donna Brunero, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
1. In the Center of it All: A Pastoral Review of Asian Empire (Thomas DuBois, Independent Scholar)
2. Legal Fiction: Extraterritoriality as an Instrument of British Power in China in the Long Nineteenth Century (Robert Bickers, Bristol University, UK)
3. East Asian Empire and Technology: Imperial Japan and Mobilizing Infrastructure, 1868-1931 (John DiMoia, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin, Germany)
4. Suzerainty vs. Sovereignty: Establishing French Empire in Indochina (Bruce Lockhart, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
5. Mobilities in Empire: Russian's Asian Empire (Paul Werth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
6. Staking out an Imperial States System: the Imperial Frontier in Asia in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' (Brian P. Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
7. Faith in Empire: Ottoman Religion and Imperial Governance in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' (Jack Fairey, Independent Scholar)
8. Maritime Goes Global: The British Maritime Empire in Asia (Donna Brunero, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
9. Empire in Asia: The Long Nineteenth Century? (Odd Arne Westad, Harvard University, USA)
Bibliography
Index