The Long East Asia

1. The Long East Asia: The Premodern State and Its Contemporary Impacts.- 2. The Edge of Civilizations: The Chinese Civilization and the Development of World Civilizations.- 3. War and State Formation in Ancient Korea and Vietnam.- 4. The Sovereign’s Dilemma: State Capacity and Ruler Survival in Imperial China.- 5. “The Great Affairs of the States”: Man, the State and War in the Warring States Period.- 6. Understanding Nation with Minzu: People, Race, and the Transformation of Tianxia in 19th and 20th Centuries China.- 7. Unipolarity, Hegemony, and Moral Authority: Why China Will not Build a 21st Century Tributary System.- 8. East Asian Monarchy in Comparative Perspective.- 9. Legalist Confucianism: What’s Living and What’s Dead.- 10. The Minben Meritocratic State’s Impact on Contemporary Political Culture.- 11. Conclusion.