In this revisionist history of early modern China, Evelyn Rawski challenges the notion of Chinese history as a linear narrative of dynasties dominated by the Ce

A linguistic and historical study of the Manchu script in the early modern world Manchu was a language first written down as part of the Qing state-building pro

Evelyn Rawski presents a revisionist history of early modern China in the context of northeast Asian geopolitics and global maritime trade.

The present volume, composed of six contributions by different scholars, seeks to show the intensity of exchange relations and trading networks in the early mod

Early in the seventeenth century, Northeast Asian politics hung in a delicate balance among the Chosŏn dynasty in Korea, the Ming in China, and the Manchu. Whe