Journal of Asian History. Volume 57, 1+2 (2023)

Edited by Dorothee Schaab-Hanke and Achim Mittag.

The geographical scope of the Journal of Asian History is as vast as Asia itself. Its historical scope encompasses all periods, yet with a focus on the time before 1900. It is the editors’ hope that contributors will freely develop the "Through the Looking-Glass" aspect of history by implementing a variety of methodological approaches and utilizing a wide range of textual and non-textual sources. In particular, they welcome explorations of particular phenomena or events that provide insight into the dynamics of historical processes, elucidate historical change at turning points of history, and illuminate the conditions of all things that follow them. This journal publishes 10 contributions in English and three bookreviews. From the contents (altogether 13 contributions): Zheng Yifan: Family or Servants? The Ambiguity of Status in Early Chinese Households; - Johannes Kurz: Philology Lost. Variable Interpretations of the Raid of Guangzhou in 758 from the 18th to 21st Centuries; - Yuan Dijia: Governance with Confucianism in the Northern Frontier Region of the Goryeo Dynasty; - Ma Zoudan: The Garrison System, Social Strategies, and Liaodong Military Households during the Mid and Late Ming Dynasty; - Kang Wonmook: Between Misunderstanding and Distortion. The European View on the First Ban on Christianity in Qing China; - Huang Fei: Knowledge Building on Nature and Body. Hot Springs in Premodern Chinese Sources. An Overview; - Lee Yongjin: Incense Burners in the Rituals of the Koryo Dynasty as Described in a 12th-Century Chinese Source, 'Gaoli tujing'. 305 Seiten mit 29 Abb., vier Karten und vier Tabellen, broschiert (Harrassowitz 2023) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear