The International History of East Asia, 1900û1968: Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order

Providing a broad account of the international history of East Asia from 1900 to 1968, this book demonstrates the importance of considering forces such as ideology, trade and cultural images, as well as the immediate origins and consequences of violent events such as wars and revolutions that have helped to shape East Asian international history. Combining interpretative analysis with descriptive historical material, the book analyzes how the development of the region was influenced by ideological competition and ?orientalism?, by both multilateral and unilateral efforts to instil order, and by the changing nature of international trade. Including a detailed case studies including the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and the international effort to regulate the trade in opium, the book also considers a number of important topics such as: the concept of the open door the rise of progressive internationalism in the forum of the League of Nations the development ofanti-colonial nationalism and anti-Western internationalism and the onset of the Cold War. Constituting an impressive account of the international history of East Asia from 1900 to 1968, this book is an important contribution to the interpretive study of this crucial period of history.

1. Introduction 2. Britain, Japan and the East Asian Economic Order, 1860-1960 3. Forty Years of Diminishing Cordiality: Anglo-Japanese Relations After 1902 4. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance and International Politics in Asia, 1902-23 5. Anglo-Japanese Relations in China: The Case of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1899-1941 6. Internationalism in East Asia: The League's Attempt to Control Opium 7. The Naval Armaments Limitation System, 1922-39 8. Japan and Pan-Asianism 9. 'Orientalism' and China 10. International Politics and East Asia since 1945: A History of the Cold War as Global Governance 11. Britain and the San Francisco Peace Treaty 12. The Cold War and Nationalism in South-East Asia: British Strategy, 1948-60 13. The East Asian International Order and the Sterling Area in the 1950s 14. "Complementarity" and the Cold War: British Responses to Japan's Economic Revival in Southeast Asia during the 1950s and 1960s