East Asia at the Center
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: October 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780231101097
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Asian studies; History: World; Foreign countries; History; History - General History; East Asia, Far East; Relations; Asia - General; History / Asia; East Asia; Asia, Southeastern; Southeast Asia
First sentence: The origin of the state in East Asia remains shrouded in the mists of prehistory, but archeologists continue to find bits and pieces, potsherds, textiles, and bones, promising that someday we will be able to explain this and other ancient mysteries, to penetrate the fog of the distant past.