East Asia in the World (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction
Redaktion: Prescott, Anne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to East Asia. After a brief introduction to the study of East Asia, the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of East Asian history; important historical narratives; and the region's languages, religions, and global connections. The second half of the book features interdisciplinary case studies, each of which focuses on a specific country or region and a particular issue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317509707
• Artikelnr.: 42885376

Autorenporträt

Anne Prescott

Inhaltsangabe

About This Book I: Overview 1. Introducing East Asia 2. East Asian Studies:
History, Careers, and ResourcesII: Fundamentals 3. Modern East Asia: A
History 4. East Asian Languages III: The Global Context 5. East Asian
Economies in a Globalizing World 6. Globalization in East Asia 7. Debunking
the Myths IIII: Case Studies 8. Introduction to the Case Studies 9. From
Flying Pigeons to Fords: China's New Car Culture 10. New Media and New
Technology in Colonial Korea: Radio 11. Interpreting Minority Experiences
of Japan's March 2011 Triple Disaster 12. Society and Culture: Confucianism
in East Asia Today 13. The Korean Peninsula: Global Dimensions 14. Reading
"Kimigayo": The Japanese National Anthem in a Time of Postnational
Transition 15. Globalization and Deindustrialization in China's (Former)
Porcelain Capital 16. But¿: The Birth and Maturation of a New Global Art
Form 17. China's One-Child Policy and the Empowerment of Urban Daughters
About the Editor and Contributors Index