Format:
1 online resource (353 pages)
ISBN:
9780231537162
Content:
Four hundred years ago, indigenous peoples occupied the vast region that today encompasses Korea, Manchuria, the Mongolian Plateau, and Eastern Siberia. Over time, these populations struggled to maintain autonomy as Russia, China, and Japan sought hegemony over the region. Especially from the turn of the twentieth century onward, indigenous peoples pursued self-determination in a number of ways, and new states, many of them now largely forgotten, rose and fell as great power imperialism, indigenous nationalism, and modern ideologies competed for dominance. This atlas tracks the political configuration of Northeast Asia in ten-year segments from 1590 to 1890, in five-year segments from 1890 to 1960, and in ten-year segments from 1960 to 2010, delineating the distinct history and importance of the region. The text follows the rise and fall of the Qing dynasty in China, founded by the semi-nomadic Manchus; the Russian colonization of Siberia; the growth of Japanese influence; the movements of peoples, armies, and borders; and political, social, and economic developmentsreflecting the turbulence of the land that was once the world's cradle of conflict." Compiled from detailed research in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Dutch, German, Mongolian, and Russian sources, the Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia incorporates information made public with the fall of the Soviet Union and includes fifty-five specially drawn maps, as well as twenty historical maps contrasting local and outsider perpectives. Four introductory maps survey the region's diverse topography, climate, vegetation, and ethnicity.
Content:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Methodology and Sources -- Terminology and Spelling -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Northeast Asia -- Contested Term, Contested Region -- Geography -- Climate and Human Ecology -- Peoples and Languages -- Politics -- Part I. 1590-1700 -- Part II. 1700-1800 -- Part III. 1800-1900 -- Part IV. 1900-2010 -- Appendix A. Historical Maps -- Appendix B. Gazetteer -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231160704
Additional Edition:
Print version Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia, 1590-2010 Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Eastern Siberia
Additional Edition:
Historical atlas of Northeast Asia, 1590 - 2010 New York [u.a.] : Columbia Univ. Press, 2014 ISBN 9780231160704
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0231160704
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Asien
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Geschichte 1590-2010
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Electronic books
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Atlas
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