This chronologically-organized text explores major themes in the history of gender (including politics, urban/rural lives, modernity, nationalism and war) in China, Japan and Korea, from medieval times to the present, with an emphasis on ...
This dynamic text views the global square from the perspective of the world’s most important rising global center.
Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to East Asia.
Throughout his distinguished career, Rhoads Murphey has advocated an appreciation of the rich and unique aspects of Asian history, making his text an unparalleled success. Spanning the histories of China,...
This book describes East Asia's geographical, human, cultural, economic, social, and political setting as it has evolved, and the three major belief systems - Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam.
The book covers the new imperialism of the 1890s, the Manchurian crisis of the early 1930s, the ascendancy of Japan, the trials of World War II, the drama of the Cold War, and the fleeting "Asian Century" from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s ...
This is the first handbook to provide a complete overview of the challenges of national memory for reconciliation in the East Asian region.
Focusing on the role of the "tribute system" in maintaining stability in East Asia and fostering diplomatic and commercial exchange, Kang contrasts this history against the example of Europe and the East Asian states' skirmishes with ...
This 1965 book charts the history of East and South Asia from 1800 to the establishment of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963.