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Early Modern China and Northeast Asia\n\nCross-Border Perspectives\n\nEvelyn Rawski presents a revisionist history of early modern China in the context of northeast Asian geopolitics and global maritime trade.\n\nEvelyn S. Rawski (Author)\n\n9781107471528, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 5 June 2015\n\n349 pages\n22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.51 kg\n\n'\u2026 meticulously studied and eloquently written book \u2026 ground-breaking study of why and how was the northeast Asian region, in particular Korea and Japan, of irreplaceable importance not only as frontier for the Chinese Central Plain states but also as vital players in the shared geopolitical arena.' Hang Lin, De Gruyter\n\nIn this revisionist history of early modern China, Evelyn Rawski challenges the notion of Chinese history as a linear narrative of dynasties dominated by the Central Plains and Hans Chinese culture from a unique, peripheral perspective. Rawski argues that China has been shaped by its ]