Rhoads Murphey, Kristin Stapleton

A History of Asia (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The only textbook to provide a historical overview of this whole region, this edition comes up to date with recent events and key trends in research. Supported by images, maps, discussion questions, primary source excerpts, and a companion website, it is the perfect introduction to the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351231909
• Artikelnr.: 56792933

Autorenporträt

Rhoads Murphey was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Michigan, where he served for many years as director of the Asian studies program.

Kristin Stapleton, Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, was his student in the 1980s. She studies urban history and is the author of Fact in Fiction: 1920s China and Ba Jin's Family (Stanford, 2016), among other works.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Images List Maps List of Documents Preface Acknowledgements
Author's Note to the Reader About the Author A Note on the Spelling of
Asian Names and Words Map: Monsoon Asia Chronology Introduction. Monsoon
Asia as a Unit of Study 1. Prehistoric Asia 2. Asian Religions and Their
Cultures 3. The Societies of Asia 4. The Civilization of Ancient India 5.
Ancient China 6. Medieval India 7. Early and Medieval Southeast Asia 8.
China: A Golden Age 9. Early Japan and Korea 10. Central Asia and Mughal
India 11. China's Ming and Early Qing Dynasties 12. Tokugawa Japan 13. The
European Advance into Asia 14. British India 15. The Triumph of Imperialism
in Asia 16. Nationalism and Revolution in China and India 17. Japan and the
Struggle for Asia, 1894-1945 18. Revival and Revolution in Japan and China
19. Korea and Southeast Asia: Decolonization, Cold War, and After 20. South
Asia: Independence, Political Division, and Development 21. Asia in the
Twenty-First Century Index