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East Asia : A New History

ISBN: 9780673993502 | 0673993507
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 11/1/1996

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SummaryTable of Contents
Provides a comprehensive history of the Near East while also incorporating the most recent scholarship. Ancient China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Readers interested in learning about the history and development of East Asia.
List of Maps
x(1)
Prefacexi(2)
A Note on the Spelling of Asian Names and Wordsxiii(4)
About the Authorxvii(1)
... MORExviii(1)
Time Chart
xix
1 East Asia: Common Ground and Regional Differences
1(20)
2 Prehistory, Beginnings in China, and the Shang Dynasty
21(16)
3 The Chou, Its Decline, and the Age of the Philosophers
37(21)
4 Ch'in and Han: The Making of Empire
58(20)
5 Buddhism, Barbarians, and the T'ang Dynasty
78(23)
6 Achievement and Disaster: The Sung and Yuan Dynasties, 960-1355
101(24)
7 New Imperial Splendor in China: The Ming Dynasty
125(24)
8 The Ch'ing in Prosperity and Decline
149(22)
9 Premodern Vietnam and Korea
171(18)
10 Beginnings in Japan: Patterns and Origins
189(20)
11 Warriors, Monks, and Conflict: Medieval Japan
209(18)
12 The West Arrives in Asia
227(20)
13 Tokugawa Japan
247(20)
14 Humiliation and Response in Nineteenth Century China
267(20)
15 Japan's Response to New Challenges
287(19)
16 Imperialism in Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia
306(19)
17 China in Tatters, 1896-1925
325(19)
18 China and Japan: The Road to War
344(21)
19 The Second World War in Asia
365(20)
20 China Since 1945
385(25)
21 Japan and Korea Since 1945
410(22)
22 Southeast Asia, Vietnam, and the U.S. in East Asia
432(20)
Acknowledgments452(2)
Index454

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