Modern East Asia : from 1600 : a cultural, social, and political history
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Modern East Asia : from 1600 : a cultural, social, and political history
（East Asia : a cultural, social, and political history / Ebrey, Walthall, Palais）
H. Mifflin, c2009
2nd ed
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Previous ed. published as: East Asia : a cultural, social, and political history. c2006
Includes index
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Description
Designed for the East Asian history course, this text features the latest scholarship on the region's cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history. Coverage is balanced among East Asian countries, with approximately 20 percent of the text focused on Korea, an area that has become increasingly important in world politics. Special attention is devoted to gender and material culture, themes are reinforced through the text's pedagogical features. Full color inserts on topics such as food, clothing, and art objects illustrate the rich artistic heritage of East Asia and bolster the coverage of material culture. Features include a range of primary source documents on topics such as women's independence and students-turned-soldiers, and biographical sketches throughout the text highlight the lives of popular figures and ordinary people. "Connections" features provide an international context for the history of East Asia, including topics such the origin and spread of Buddhism and a global perspective of World War II.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: The Foundations of East Asian Civilization in China. Chapter 1. China in the Bronze Age: The Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties (ca. 1500-771 B.C.E.). Chapter 2. Philosophers and Warring States During the Eastern Zhou Period (770-256 B.C.E.). Chapter 3. The Founding of the Bureaucratic Empire: Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.). Chapter 4. Political Division in China and the Spread of Buddhism (200-580). Chapter 5. The Cosmopolitan Empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960). PART TWO: The Emergence of East Asian Civilization. Chapter 6. Early Korea to 935 Chapter 7. Early State and Society in Japan (to 794). Chapter 8. China Among Equals: Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin. Chapter 9. Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180). Chapter 10. Koryo Korea (935-1392). Chapter 11. Kamakura Japan (1180-1333). Chapter 12. China Under Mongol Rule (1215-1368). PART THREE: Meeting New Challenges (1300-1800). Chapter 13. Japan's Middle Ages (1330-1600). Chapter 14. The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644). Chapter 15. Choson Korea (1392-1800). Chapter 16. The Creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800). Chapter 17. Edo Japan (1603-1800). PART FOUR: The Age of Western Imperialism 1800-1900). Chapter 18. China in Decline (1800-1900). Chapter 19. Japan in Turmoil (1800-1867). Chapter 20. Meiji Transformation (1868-1900). Chapter 21. Korea in the Turbulent Nineteenth Century (1800-1895). PART FIVE: East Asia in the Modern World. Chapter 22.Rise of Modern Japan (1900-1931). Chapter 23. Modernizing Korea and Colonial Rule (1896-1945). Chapter 24. Remaking China (1900-1927). Chapter 25. War and Revolution, China (1927-1949). PART SIX: Intensified Contact and Divergent Paths. Chapter 26. War and Aftermath in Japan (1931-1964). Chapter 27. China Under Mao (1949-1976). Chapter 28. China Since Mao (1976 to the Present). Chapter 29. Korea (1945 to the Present).
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