A History of East Asia
A History of East Asia
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Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics or globalization. Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. This shared past is at the heart of this ambitious book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. The second edition has been imaginatively revised and expanded to place emphasis on cross-cultural interactions and connections, both within East Asia and beyond, with new material on Vietnam and modern pop culture. The second edition also features a Chinese character list, additional maps and new illustrations.
- An introduction to East Asia from the dawn of history to the present by a premier scholar in the field
- Features multiple illustrations, maps, a glossary, a pronunciation guide and a timeline
- The second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout, with new chapters on Vietnam, new material on modern pop culture and a Chinese character list
- Emphasis has been placed on cross-cultural interactions and connections, both within East Asia and beyond
Reviews & endorsements
'Holcombe's book is a precious guide to the histories of East Asia. It is clear and incisive, as any textbook should be, but it also offers and alternative and specialist reading.' Noemi Lanna, University of Naples 'L'Orientale'
Review of first edition: 'Treading a line between the emerging field of transnational history and a more traditional regional history, Holcombe has written a valuable and impressive guide to the histories of East Asia. The historical and regional scope, reaching from the ancient past to the ultra-modern present, is unprecedented in a volume of this size. Students of East Asia and of international history will find this book essential reading.' Chris Goto-Jones, University of Victoria, British Columia
Product details
April 2017Hardback
9781107118737
492 pages
261 × 183 × 25 mm
1.19kg
56 b/w illus. 22 maps
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of maps
- Pronunciation guide
- Timeline
- Glossary
- Introduction: what is East Asia?
- 1. The origins of civilization in East Asia
- 2. The formative era
- 3. The age of cosmopolitanism
- 4. The creation of a community: China, Korea, and Japan (seventh–tenth centuries)
- 5. Mature independent trajectories (tenth–sixteenth centuries)
- 6. Early modern East Asia (sixteenth–eighteenth centuries)
- 7. Dai Viet (Vietnam before the nineteenth century)
- 8. The nineteenth-century encounter of civilizations
- 9. The age of Westernization (1900–29)
- 10. The Dark Valley (1930–45)
- 11. Japan since 1945
- 12. Korea since 1945
- 13. Vietnam since 1945
- 14. China since 1945
- Afterword
- Character list
- Notes
- Index.
