Asia: A Concise HistoryThis introduction to modern Asia provides an analysis of how Asian nations have developed since the mid-19th century. It explains the general scope and geographic settings of the continent before exploring each nation in detail. The final chapter provides |
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Contents
INTRODUCING ASIA | 1 |
THE STUDY OF ASIA | 7 |
Problems in Asian Studies | 8 |
The United States in Asia | 9 |
Sources in the Asian History | 11 |
THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING | 13 |
South Asia | 14 |
Southeast Asia | 17 |
The Republic of China 1912 to 1937 | 262 |
NORTHEAST ASIA 1868 to 1937 | 275 |
Meiji Japan 1868 to 1912 | 278 |
Imperial Japan 1912 to 1937 | 284 |
CONFLICT IN ASIA 1937 to 1945 | 293 |
Japan and Southern Regions | 302 |
ASIA SINCE 1945 | 311 |
SOUTH ASIA | 313 |
China | 21 |
Chinas Borders | 25 |
China in Northern Vietnam and Korea | 28 |
Japan | 29 |
ASIA TO 1945 | 33 |
EARLY ASIA | 35 |
Prehistory to AD 1206 | 39 |
Early Kingdoms and Empires 500 BC to AD 500 | 44 |
Political Fragmentation 500 to 1206 | 50 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA Prehistory to AD 1300 | 59 |
Ancient Kingdoms Prehistory to AD 600 | 61 |
Early Empires 600 to 900 | 66 |
The Golden Age 900 to 1300 | 69 |
CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA Prehistory to AD 220 | 77 |
Ancient China Prehistory to 1122 BC | 78 |
The Zhou Dynasty 1122 to 221 BC or 1027 to 221 BC | 82 |
Early Empires 221 BC to AD 220 | 88 |
CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA 220 to 1279 | 97 |
Political Unity 589 to 906 | 100 |
Division and Partial Unity 906 to 1279 | 108 |
NORTHEAST ASIA | 117 |
Early Japan Prehistory to AD 794 | 121 |
Heian Japan 794 to 1185 | 127 |
TRADITIONAL ASIA | 135 |
SOUTH ASIA 1206 to 1858 | 139 |
The Moguls 1526 to 1858 | 142 |
Advent of the West | 146 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA 1300 to 1850 | 155 |
Southeast Asia and the West 1600 to 1850 | 162 |
CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA 1279 to 1844 | 175 |
The Ming Dynasty 1368 to 1644 | 179 |
The Qing Ching Dynasty the Manchus 1644 to 1844 | 185 |
China and the West | 189 |
NORTHEAST ASIA 1185 to 1868 | 195 |
Feudal Japan 1185 to 1603 | 197 |
Tokugawa Japan 1603 to 1868 | 203 |
MODERNIZING ASIA | 213 |
SOUTH ASIA 1858 to 1937 | 217 |
1914 to 1937 | 223 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA 1850 to 1937 | 233 |
Insular Southeast Asia | 242 |
CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA 1844 to 1937 | 253 |
SOUTH ASIA | 315 |
Pakistan | 322 |
Bangladesh | 328 |
Bhutan | 332 |
Nepal | 333 |
Afghanistan | 335 |
Sri Lanka | 337 |
Maldives | 341 |
Perspective | 342 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA | 357 |
MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA | 359 |
Thailand | 365 |
Indochina | 370 |
INSULAR SOUTHEAST ASIA | 401 |
The Philippines | 408 |
Indonesia | 419 |
POSTWAR SOUTHEAST ASIA SOME CONSIDERATIONS Politics | 433 |
Economics | 436 |
Society | 439 |
Regionalism | 442 |
International Affairs | 445 |
EAST ASIA | 451 |
THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA | 453 |
The Mao Years 1949 to 1976 | 456 |
China After Mao Since 1976 | 466 |
CHINAS RIM LANDS | 473 |
China Seas Island Groups | 475 |
The Republic of China | 478 |
Mongolia | 482 |
The Koreas | 488 |
JAPAN | 505 |
Occupied Japan 1945 to 1952 | 506 |
Politics | 509 |
Economics and Society | 512 |
Foreign Affairs | 517 |
SELECTED STATISTICS | 529 |
REGIONAL GROUPS RELATING TO ASIA AND THE PACIFIC | 533 |
A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | 535 |
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