Book contents
- How the East Was Won
- LSE International Studies
- How the East Was Won
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 From the Rise of the West to How the East Was Won
- 2 The Eurasian Transformation
- 3 The Rise of Asia’s Terrestrial Empires
- 4 European Infiltration and Asian Consolidation in Maritime Asia, 1600–1700
- 5 The Great Asian Divergence
- 6 The East India Company and the Rise of British India, 1740–1820
- 7 Crises of Empire and the Reconstitution of International Orders in South and East Asia, 1820–1880
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2021
Book contents
- How the East Was Won
- LSE International Studies
- How the East Was Won
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 From the Rise of the West to How the East Was Won
- 2 The Eurasian Transformation
- 3 The Rise of Asia’s Terrestrial Empires
- 4 European Infiltration and Asian Consolidation in Maritime Asia, 1600–1700
- 5 The Great Asian Divergence
- 6 The East India Company and the Rise of British India, 1740–1820
- 7 Crises of Empire and the Reconstitution of International Orders in South and East Asia, 1820–1880
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter recapitulates the book’s arguments, before teasing out its larger implications both for International Relations scholars interested in the comparative evolution of international systems, and also for debates within the social sciences more broadly about the origins and character of global early modernity.
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- How the East Was WonBarbarian Conquerors, Universal Conquest and the Making of Modern Asia, pp. 296 - 313Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021