Modern East Asia: An Introductory History
- ISBN-10
- 0765618230
- ISBN-13
- 9780765618238
- Series
- Modern East Asia
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 235
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- East Gate Book
- Author
- John H. Miller
Description
This concise history of modern East Asia offers students and general readers an understanding of this region from a global perspective. It is an introductory text for college survey courses in Asian and international studies. After discussion of the regional concept, it describes East Asia's geographical, human, cultural, economic, social, and political setting and three major belief systems - Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam. It includes the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Indonesians, Filipinos, and others and describes their interactions with each other and Imperial China. The author writes about European expansionism and East Asians' responses to civilizational challenge; nationalism in reaction to European colonial rule; and rise of Imperial Japan. The book traces Japan's bid to lead a pan-Asianist revolt against twin threats of Western liberalism and Soviet communism, and the Pacific War. This history spans Cold War era, from postwar U.S. hopes for a "Pax Americana" to division of East Asia into communist and anti-communist blocs. The Sino-Soviet split and Sino-American rapprochement of early 1970s open the way to "East Asian miracle" and resurgence of East Asian regionalism. The author considers prospects for continued economic dynamism and balance of nationalism and pan-Asian trends--Publisher's description.
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