East Asia in the World (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction
Redaktion: Prescott, Anne

• Format: PDF

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: 9781317509714
• Artikelnr.: 42888274

Autorenporträt

Anne Prescott

Inhaltsangabe

About This Book I : Overview 1. Introducing East Asia 2. East Asian
Studies: History, Careers, and Resources II: 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