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LEADER: 02570nam a22003018a 4500
001 2010024844
003 DLC
005 20100624135302.0
008 100615s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010024844
020 $a9780521515955 (hardback)
020 $a9780521731645 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aae-----
050 00 $aDS511$b.H65 2010
082 00 $a950$222
100 1 $aHolcombe, Charles,$d1956-
245 12 $aA history of East Asia :$bfrom the origins of civilization to the twenty-first century /$cCharles Holcombe.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
263 $a1010
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"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 present"--Provided by publisher.
520 $a"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"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: What is East Asia? -- The origins of civilization in East Asia -- The formative era -- The age of cosmopolitanism -- The creation of a community : China, Korea, and Japan (7th-10th centuries) -- Mature independent trajectories (10th-16th centuries) -- Early-modern East Asia (16th-18th centuries) -- The nineteenth-century encounter of civilizations -- The age of Westernization (1900-1929) -- The dark valley (1930-1945) -- Japan since 1945 -- Korea since 1945 -- China since 1945 -- Afterword.
651 0 $aEast Asia$xHistory.
651 0 $aEast Asia$xCivilization.