a non-European perspective Ringmar, Erik creator author. Open Book Publishers publisher. text enk 2019 2019 monographic eng

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1 online resource (218 pages) : 9 colour illustrations. "Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international systems that traditionally existed in Europe, East Asia, pre-Columbian Central and South America, Africa and Polynesia. The second part discusses the ways in which these international systems were brought into contact with each other through the agency of Mongols in Central Asia, Arabs in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Indic and Sinic societies in South East Asia, and the Europeans through their travels and colonial expansion. The concluding section concerns contemporary issues: the processes of decolonization, neo-colonialism and globalization - and their consequences on contemporary society. History of International Relations provides a unique textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations, and anybody interested in international relations theory, history, and contemporary politics."--Publisher's website. The Author -- Acknowledgments -- This book -- 1. Introduction -- 2. China and East Asia -- 3. India and Indianization -- 4. The Muslim Caliphates -- 5. The Mongol Khanates -- 6. Africa -- 7. The Americas -- 8. European Expansion -- Afterthoughts: Walls and Bridges. Erik Ringmar. Additional material and updates available from the publisher's website. Available through Open Book Publishers. Open access resource providing free access. Mode of access: World Wide Web. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. International relations History 9781783740246 9781783740253 9781783740260 9781783747788 http://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0074 https://www.openbookpublishers.com/shopimages/products/normal/Ringmar-front-cover.jpg http://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0074 https://www.openbookpublishers.com/shopimages/products/normal/Ringmar-front-cover.jpg Open access resource providing free access. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. StSaUL 190801 xb27065030 eng