Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia, 1590-2010

Li Narangoa is a historian of Asia at the Australian National University and, with Robert Cribb, is the author of Imperial Japan and National Identities in Asia, 1895-1945. Robert Cribb is a historian of Asia at the Australian National University and the author of the Historical Atlas of Indonesia.

• 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

An outstanding milestone in Asian historical geography. Northeast Asia emerges as a dynamic sphere of interaction among local, national, and international forces. This book will be useful for classes in history and geography and essential for the reference shelf of every student of Northeast Asia. -- Christopher P. Atwood, Indiana University A unique and extremely welcome contribution to the study of a critical region during its most important centuries. This book relates the major events and plots the most significant sites decade by decade from the end of the sixteenth century into the twenty-first. It opens largely untrafficked parts of Asia to wide readership and promises to become a standard reference for historians, political scientists, and geographers, as well as anyone who appreciates serious cartography. -- Nancy S. Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania The creators of this historical atlas have produced a small treasure, not least in the multilanguage table of place-names, for all those who are interested in the area. It also represents an innovative method to recognize and rescue a region whose story has been obscured by superpowers throughout much of history. -- Prasenjit Duara, National University of Singapore This superb atlas greatly enhances our knowledge of the region of Asia comprising north China, Korea, Japan, Russia, Mongolia, and Manchuria. The authors define the region ecologically instead of politically, focusing on the interaction of nomadic conquerors with the expanding empires of Russia and China and the Korean state. They outline boundaries with vivid colors and carefully locate major towns and geographic features, while also providing a concise integrated political narrative for each decade over nearly five hundred years. Such an effective combination of visual and narrative information makes this an essential resource for anyone researching or teaching about this critical region of Asia. -- Peter C. Perdue, Yale University This work fills a gaping hole in our knowledge of Russian history as well as all of Northeast Asian history. -- Helen Hundley The Russian Review Thought-provoking and intriguing - especially if you like maps... Essential for anyone interested in the broad sweep of northeast Asian history. Asian Review Useful. I would recommend this atlas for academic collections. Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society Marvelous... Its maps are elaborate enough to inspire researchers and still compendious enough to be useful for teaching history and historical geography at the university level. Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia would also serve scholars of Asian studies as an excellent reference book. Journal of Historical Geography