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A History of East Asia by Charles Holcombe PB 2011

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Subject Area
History
Educational Level
High School
Personalized
No
Level
Intermediate
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Subject
Asia / General
ISBN
9780521731645
Publication Name
History of East Asia : from the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Length
10 in
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Charles Holcombe
Item Weight
27.5 Oz
Item Width
7 in
Number of Pages
456 Pages
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
052173164X
ISBN-13
9780521731645
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038734716

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
456 Pages
Publication Name
History of East Asia : from the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century
Language
English
Subject
Asia / General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Author
Charles Holcombe
Subject Area
History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
27.5 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in

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Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2010-024844
Reviews
"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, Professor and Director of the Modern East Asia Research Centre, Leiden University, "Holcombe's book is going to be a very important text for undergraduates and general readers looking for a fresh approach to East Asian history. He takes the reader through all the requisite periods and places, yet does so in ways which bring out new insights and connections. Holcombe engages with important themes in current scholarship and shows how they are really relevant to better understanding the complex and diverse history of this critical region. His approach to synchronous developments across China, Korea and Japan, and the ways in which the historical narratives of these countries interact with each other, make this a most useful and enlightening book." - Ken Hammond, Professor of East Asian History, New Mexico State University, "For general readers and interested students alike, this book will be a delight. Holcombe has a good eye and ear for what is historically important, and his coherent narrative thread connects the chapters of his book like the beads of a necklace" - David Curtis Wright, Department of History, University of Calgary
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
A
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
950
Table Of Content
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 (7th-10th centuries); 5. Mature independent trajectories (10th-16th centuries); 6. Early-modern East Asia (16th-18th centuries); 7. The nineteenth-century encounter of civilizations; 8. The age of Westernization (1900-29); 9. The dark valley (1930-45); 10. Japan since 1945; 11. Korea since 1945; 12. China since 1945; Afterword.
Synopsis
Charles Holcombe begins this extraordinarily ambitious book 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, and Korea - 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. It shared a Confucian heritage, some common approaches to Buddhism, a writing system that is deeply imbued with ideas and meaning, and many political and institutional traditions. This shared past and the interconnections among three distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. Charles Holcombe is an experienced guide who encapsulates, in a fast-moving and colorful narrative, the vicissitudes and glories of one of the greatest civilizations on earth., Charles Holcombe begins his extraordinarily ambitious book 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, and Korea - 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. It shared, for example, a Confucian heritage, some common approaches to Buddhism, a writing system that is deeply imbued with ideas and meaning, and many political and institutional traditions. This shared past and the interconnections among three distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the early twenty-first century. Charles Holcombe is an experienced and sure-footed guide who encapsulates, in a fast-moving and colorful narrative, the vicissitudes and glories of one of the greatest civilizations on earth., Charles Holcombe begins this extraordinarily ambitious book by asking the question 'What is East Asia?' A shared past and the interconnections among the distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century.
LC Classification Number
DS511.H65 2010

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