Charles Holcombe

A History of East Asia

From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century

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Produktbeschreibung

The third edition of this ambitious book begins by asking, what is East Asia? Today, many of the features that made the region distinct have been submerged under revolution, politics, or globalization. Yet in ancient times, what we now think of as China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam had both historical and cultural coherence. Thoroughly revised and updated to include recent developments in East Asian politics, with new illustrations and suggestions for further reading, this book traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the modern age. New discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage readers to reflect, while a glossary, pronunciation guide, and parallel timeline enable a closer engagement with this complex subject. Charles Holcombe is an experienced and sure-footed guide who encapsulates, in a fast-moving and colourful narrative, the connections, commonalities, and differences of one of the most remarkable regions on earth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 495
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009504782
• ISBN-10: 1009504789
• Artikelnr.: 72880681

Autorenporträt

Charles Holcombe is Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa. Having spent a year researching Six Dynasties China at Ky¿to University in Japan, his awakening interest in East Asian interconnections led him to write The Genesis of East Asia, 221 BC-AD 907 (2001). He won the Regents' Award for Faculty Excellence at the University of Northern Iowa (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of maps
Pronunciation guide
Timeline
Glossary
Preface to the third edition
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 centuries)
8. The nineteenth-century encounter of civilizations
9. The age of Westernization (1900-1929)
10: The dark valley (1930-1945)
11. Cold War East Asia
12. Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Overseas Chinese
13. Globalization, and the resurgence of East Asia
Character list
Notes
Index.

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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.

Rezensionen

'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'