Modern East Asia : an introductory history / John H. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, John H., 1941-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Asia--History.

East Asia.

History.

Southeast Asia--History.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2008]

Summary:

The stunning rise of East Asia follows a trajectory that was not always evident in established understandings of the past. This concise general history of the region draws out themes that illuminate the present. It is written with rare mastery, a sure sense of the essential, and a global perspective.

Chapter 1 describes East Asia's geographical, human, cultural, economic, social, and political setting and the three major belief systems-Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam. Chapter 2 presents a panoramic survey of the region in 1800. The following three chapters lead from European expansionism to East Asians' responses to the civilizational challenge and the remarkable rise of Imperial Japan. Chapters 6 and 7 trace Japan's bid to lead a pan-Asianist revolt against the twin threats of Western liberalism and Soviet communism, and the ensuing Pacific War. Chapters 8 and 9 span the cold war era and the division of East Asia into communist and anticommunist blocs. The Sino-Soviet split and the Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970s open the way to the "East Asian miracle" and a resurgence of East Asian regionalism, surveyed in chapter 10. A concluding chapter considers the prospects for continued dynamism and the balance of nationalist and pan-Asianist trends shaping the region's future.

Contents:

Introduction: East Asia as a region

East Asia's foundations

East Asia in 1800

A clash of civilizations

The development of nationalism

The rise of imperial Japan

The turbulent 1920s and 1930s

The Pacific War

From postwar to Cold War

The late Cold War

Post-Cold War trends

East Asia' s future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index.

"An East gate book."

ISBN:

9780765618221

0765618222

9780765618238

0765618230

OCLC:

78893297