TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murphey,Rhoads
TI  - East Asia : a new history
SN  - 0673993507 (alk. paper)
AV  - DS511.M95  
U1  - 950 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
KW  - East Asia
KW  - History.
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -