East Asia : a new history /
Murphey, Rhoads, 1919-
East Asia : a new history / Rhoads Murphey. - New York : Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., c1997. - xx, 459 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: East Asia: Common ground and regional differences -- Prehistory, beginnings in China, and the Shang Dynasty -- The Chou, its decline and the age of philosophers -- Ch'in and Han: The Making of empire -- Buddihism, barbarians and the T'ang dynasty -- Achievement and Disaster: The Sung and the Yuan Dynasties 960-1355 -- New imperial splendor in China: The Ming Dynasty -- The Ch'ing in prosperity and decline -- Premodern Vietnam and Korea -- Beginnings in Japan: Patterns and origins -- Warriors, monks and conflict: Medieval Japan -- The West arrives in Asia -- Tokugawa Japan -- Humiliation and response in nineteenth century China -- Japan's response to new challenges -- Imperialism in Korea, Vietnam and Southeast Asia -- China in tatters, 1896-1925 -- China and Japan: The Road to war -- The Second World War in Asia -- China since 1945 -- Japan and Korea since 1945 -- Southeast Asia, Vietnam and the U.S. in East Asia.
0673993507 (alk. paper)
96016976
East Asia --History.
Southeast Asia --History.
East Asia--History.
Southeast Asia--History.
DS511.M95
950
East Asia : a new history / Rhoads Murphey. - New York : Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., c1997. - xx, 459 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: East Asia: Common ground and regional differences -- Prehistory, beginnings in China, and the Shang Dynasty -- The Chou, its decline and the age of philosophers -- Ch'in and Han: The Making of empire -- Buddihism, barbarians and the T'ang dynasty -- Achievement and Disaster: The Sung and the Yuan Dynasties 960-1355 -- New imperial splendor in China: The Ming Dynasty -- The Ch'ing in prosperity and decline -- Premodern Vietnam and Korea -- Beginnings in Japan: Patterns and origins -- Warriors, monks and conflict: Medieval Japan -- The West arrives in Asia -- Tokugawa Japan -- Humiliation and response in nineteenth century China -- Japan's response to new challenges -- Imperialism in Korea, Vietnam and Southeast Asia -- China in tatters, 1896-1925 -- China and Japan: The Road to war -- The Second World War in Asia -- China since 1945 -- Japan and Korea since 1945 -- Southeast Asia, Vietnam and the U.S. in East Asia.
0673993507 (alk. paper)
96016976
East Asia --History.
Southeast Asia --History.
East Asia--History.
Southeast Asia--History.
DS511.M95
950