Somebody else's century
Subtitle: Asia now and then
By: Patrick Smith.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780375425509
Subjects: East and West; National characteristics, Japanese; Social change -- Japan; National characteristics, Chinese; Social change -- China; National characteristics, East Indian; Social change -- India; Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences; China -- Civilization -- Western influences; India -- Civilization -- Western influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Calligraphy and clocks; title: The Buddhas at Qixia; title: The skyward garden.