After the Empires [electronic resource] : The Dissolution of Foreign Powers and the Creation of New States in East Asia /
Preston, P.author.
The shift to the modern world in East Asia was accomplished in part via the experience of colonial rule in the late nineteenth century. Following imperial crisis in the 1930s and 1940s, independent nation states formed from which the political structure of East Asia is based today.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 State-Empires and the Shift to the Modern World; 2 State-Empire Systems: The Players; 3 State-Empire Systems: The Logics; 4 State-Empire Systems: Fracture Lines; 5 General Crisis: System Failure and the Collapse into Warfare; 6 State-Empire Dissolution; 7 After the State-Empires: Territories, States, Nations and Development; 8 Powerful Regions and the Surprising Costs of Success; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The shift to the modern world in East Asia was accomplished in part via the experience of colonial rule in the late nineteenth century. Following imperial crisis in the 1930s and 1940s, independent nation states formed from which the political structure of East Asia is based today.
World politics.
International relations.
Asia—History.
Imperialism.
Social history.
History, Modern.
Political History.
International Relations.
Asian History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Social History.
Modern History.