China and the Silk Roads (ca. 100 BCE to 1800 CE) : role and content of its historical access to the outside world /  by Angela Schottenhammer.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

General remarks on 'tribute', 'tribute trade', and China's 'tribute system' -- Han expansion and colonisation -- Tang expansion and power alliances -- Song China: economic giant and military dwarf? -- Mongol Yuan China and the Maritime Silk Roads: cutting deals? -- Ming foreign relations and Maritime engagement in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean -- Qing China's foreign relations, with focus on Japan and the Ryūkyūs -- Connecting China with the Pacific world?

"The book investigates China's relations to the outside world between ca. 100 BCE and 1800 CE. In contrast to most histories of the Silk Roads, the focus of this book clearly lies on the maritime Silk Road and on the period between Tang and high Qing, selecting aspects that have so far been neglected in research on the history of China's relations with the outside world. The author examines, for example, issue of 'imperialism' in imperial China, the specific role of fanbing (frontier tribal troops) during Song times, the interrelationship between maritime commerce, military expansion, and environmental factors during the Yuan, the question of whether or not early Ming China can be considered a (proto-)colonialist country, the role force and violence played during the Zheng He expeditions, and the significance the Asia-Pacific world possessed for late Ming and early Qing rulers"-- Provided by publisher.

Local access dig.pdf. [Schottenhammer-China Silk Roads.pdf]

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