East Asia : a cultural, social, and political history / Patricia Ebrey, University of Washington, Seattle, Anne Walthall, University of California, Irvine.
Edition:
Third edition.
Publisher:
Wadsworth,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xxiv, 544, 29 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
pt. 1. The foundations of East Asian civilization in China : China in the Bronze Age: the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties (ca. 1500-771 B.C.E.) -- Philosophers and warring states during the Eastern Zhou period (770-256 B.C.E.) -- The founding of the bureaucratic empire: Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) -- Political division in China and the spread of Buddhism (200-580) -- The cosmopolitan empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960) -- pt. 2. The emergence of East Asian civilization : Early Korea to 935 -- Early state and society in Japan (to 794) -- China among equals: Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin -- Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180) -- Goryeo Korea (935-1392) -- Kamakura Japan (1180-1333) -- China under Mongol rule (1215-1368) -- pt. 3. Meeting new challenges (1300-1800) : Japan's middle ages (1330-1600) -- The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644) -- Joseon Korea (1392-1800) -- The creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800) -- Edo Japan (1603-1800) -- pt. 4. The age of western imperialism (1800-1900) : China in decline (1800-1900) -- Japan in turmoil (1800-1867) -- Meiji transformation (1868-1900) -- Korea in the turbulent nineteenth century (1800-1895) -- pt. 5. East Asia in the modern world : Rise of modern Japan (1900-1931) -- Modernizing Korea and colonial rule (1896-1945) -- Remaking China (1900-1927) -- War and revolution, China (1927-1949) -- pt. 6. Intensified contact and divergent paths : War and aftermath in Japan (1931-1964) -- China under Mao (1949-1976) -- Korea (1945 to the present) -- Contemporary Japan (1965 to the present) -- China since Mao (1976 to the present).
Summary:
Written by top scholars in the field, East Asia: A Cultural, Social, And Political History, delivers a comprehensive cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history of East Asia, while focusing on the narratives and histories of China, Japan, and Korea in a larger, global context.
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