East Asia
Subtitle: a cultural, social, and political history
By: Patricia Ebrey, University of Washington, Seattle, Anne Walthall, University of California, Irvine
Contributors: Walthall, Anne, author
Edition: Third edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9781133606475
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Politisches System; Gesellschaft; Civilization; Social conditions; Kultur; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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.); title: Philosophers and warring states during the Eastern Zhou period (770-256 B.C.E.); title: The founding of the bureaucratic empire : Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.); title: Political division in China and the spread of Buddhism (200-580); title: The cosmopolitan empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960); title: pt. 2 The emergence of East Asian civilization : Early Korea to 935; title: Early state and society in Japan (to 794); title: China among equals : Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin; title: Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180); title: Goryeo Korea (935-1392); title: Kamakura Japan (1180-1333); title: China under Mongol rule (1215-1368); title: pt. 3 Meeting new challenges (1300-1800) : Japan's middle ages (1330-1600); title: The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644); title: Joseon Korea (1392-1800); title: The creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800); title: Edo Japan (1603-1800); title: pt. 4 The age of western imperialism (1800-1900) : China in decline (1800-1900); title: Japan in turmoil (1800-1867); title: Meiji transformation (1868-1900); title: Korea in the turbulent nineteenth century (1800-1895); title: pt. 5 East Asia in the modern world : Rise of modern Japan (1900-1931); title: Modernizing Korea and colonial rule (1896-1945); title: Remaking China (1900-1927); title: pt. 6 Intensified contact and divergent paths : War and aftermath in Japan (1931-1965); title: China under Mao (1949-1976); title: Korea (1945 to the present); title: Contemporary Japan (1965 to the present); title: China since Mao (1976 to the present).