| Modern East Asia: A Brief History Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schirokauer, Conrad (Author), Clark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618920706 ISBN-13: 9780618920709 Publisher: Cengage Learning OUR PRICE: $238.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - History | Modern - General - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 950.3 |
| LCCN: 2006937039 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.4" W x 9" (1.70 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This compelling text explores the development of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam from their traditions and commonalties in 1600, through industrialization and state building, to each country's response to modernization in a global environment. This author team combines strong research with extensive classroom teaching experience to offer a clear, consistent, and highly readable text that is accessible to students with no previous knowledge of the history of East Asia. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schirokauer, Conrad: - Conrad Schirokauer currently serves as Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University as well as Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York. In addition to A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE CIVILIZATIONS (and its separate volumes on China and Japan), he has published articles on Song intellectual history and served as co-editor (with Robert Hymes) of ORDERING THE WORLD: APPROACHES TO STATE AND SOCIETY IN SUNG DYNASTY CHINA and as translator of CHINA'S EXAMINATION HELL, by Miyazaki Ichisada.Clark: - Donald Clark is Professor of History and Director of International Programs at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in East Asian history at Harvard University and is a leader in the field of Korean Studies. His publications include CHRISTIANITY IN MODERN KOREA (1986), CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF KOREA (2000), and LIVING DANGEROUSLY IN KOREA, 1900-1950 (2003) as well as contributions to THE KWANGJU UPRISING (1988), the Asia Society's Korea Briefing series, and the CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA. |