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Asymmetry and Elastic Sovereignty in the Qing Tributary World : = Criminals and Refugees in Three Borderlands, 1630s-1840s.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Asymmetry and Elastic Sovereignty in the Qing Tributary World :/
Reminder of title:	Criminals and Refugees in Three Borderlands, 1630s-1840s.
Author:	Kim, Jaymin.
Description:	1 online resource (382 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-12A(E).
Subject:	Asian history. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780438126312

Asymmetry and Elastic Sovereignty in the Qing Tributary World : = Criminals and Refugees in Three Borderlands, 1630s-1840s.
Kim, Jaymin.

Asymmetry and Elastic Sovereignty in the Qing Tributary World :Criminals and Refugees in Three Borderlands, 1630s-1840s. - 1 online resource (382 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

This dissertation analyzes how Qing China (1636-1912) and three of its tributary states (Chos?n Korea, Vietnam, Kokand) handled interstate refugees and criminals from the 1630s to the 1840s. I use Classical Chinese and Manchu memorials and diplomatic documents from Qing archives in Beijing and Taipei as well as Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese published sources to construct a bilateral view of these interstate relations and compare them. My research reveals multiple, flexible, and shifting conceptions of boundaries, jurisdiction, and sovereignty. Boundaries between Qing and its tributaries were not absolute to a Qing court that claimed universal rule, and the court often erased them by adopting tributary refugees as Qing subjects or encroaching on tributary domains. Further, the Qing court often asserted jurisdiction over tributary subjects committing crimes on its soil or against its subjects. In contrast, no tributary court openly asserted jurisdiction over Qing subjects. Together, these cases reveal two defining characteristics of the Qing tributary order: asymmetry and elastic sovereignty. They show how the political norms of early modern Asia defy post-Westphalian norms of inter-state equality and non-interference in the internal affairs of fellow sovereign states.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780438126312Subjects--Topical Terms:

810327
Asian history.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Asymmetry and Elastic Sovereignty in the Qing Tributary World : = Criminals and Refugees in Three Borderlands, 1630s-1840s.
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