Viewing Regionalisms from East Asia [Paperback]

In this essay, Conrad and Duara examine the concept of regionalism in East Asia, focusing on four crucial moments of region formation: the early modern tribute system, pan-Asianism in the age of high imperialism, the Japanese empire, and renewed regionalist aspirations in an age of globalization since the 1990s.In this essay, Conrad and Duara examine the concept of regionalism in East Asia, focusing on four crucial moments of region formation: the early modern tribute system, pan-Asianism in the age of high imperialism, the Japanese empire, and renewed regionalist aspirations in an age of globalization since the 1990s.Series IntroductionIntroductionThe Early Modern Tribute WorldAsianism in an Imperialist WorldNew Imperialism in the 1930s and 1940sGlobalization and Region after WWIIConclusionNotes2013