International orders in the early modern world : before the rise of the West

"This book examines the historical interactions of the West and non-Western world, and investigates whether or not the exclusive adoption of Western-oriented 'international norms' is the prerequisite for the construction of international order"-- Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Quirk, Joel (Author), Suzuki, Shogo , 1975- (Author), Zhang, Yongjin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge , c2014
Series:The new international relations series
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Europeans and the steppe: Russian lands under the Mongol rule
  • 2. Europe, Islam and Pax Ottomana, 1453-1774 3. Curious and exotic encounters: Europeans as supplicants in the Chinese Imperium, 1513-1793
  • 4. Europe at the periphery of the Japanese world order
  • 5. A corrupt international society: how Britain was duped into its first Indian conquest
  • 6. International relations in the Americas during the long eighteenth century, 1663-1820
  • 7. Europeans, Africans and the Atlantic world, 1450-1850
  • 8. Conclusion: Eurocentrism, world history, meta-narratives and the meeting of international societies