East Asia : a cultural, social, and political history
Patricia Buckley Ebrey (Author), Anne Walthall (Author)
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
History
1 online resource (xxiv, 544, I-29 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), color maps
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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.)
Philosophers and warring states during the Eastern Zhou period (770-256 B.C.E.)
The founding of the bureaucratic empire: Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.)
Political division in China and the spread of Buddhism (200-580)
The cosmopolitan empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960)
pt. 2. The emergence of East Asian civilization : Early Korea to 935
Early state and society in Japan (to 794)
China among equals: Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin
Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180)
Goryeo Korea (935-1392)
Kamakura Japan (1180-1333)
China under Mongol rule (1215-1368)
pt. 3. Meeting new challenges (1300-1800) : Japan's middle ages (1330-1600)
The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644)
Joseon Korea (1392-1800)
The creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800)
Edo Japan (1603-1800)
pt. 4. The age of Western imperialism (1800-1900) : China in decline (1800-1900)
Japan in turmoil (1800-1867)
Meiji transformation (1868-1900)
Korea in the turbulent nineteenth century (1800-1895)
pt. 5. East Asia in the modern world : Rise of modern Japan (1900-1931)
Modernizing Korea and colonial rule (1896-1945)
Remaking China (1900-1927)
War and revolution, China (1927-1949)
pt. 6. Intensified contact and divergent paths : War and aftermath in Japan (1931-1964)
China under Mao (1949-1976)
Korea (1945 to the present)
Contemporary Japan (1965 to the present)
China since Mao (1976 to the present)
Illustrated endpapers
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2022