Islands and empires : Western impact on the Pacific and east Asia / by Ernest S. Dodge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodge, Ernest S. (Ernest Stanley), 1913-1980.

Series:

Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; v. 7.

Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islands of the Pacific--Discovery and exploration.

Islands of the Pacific.

China--Civilization--Western influences.

China.

Japan--Civilization--Western influences.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages) : illustrations, plates

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Islands and Empires was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is the first one-volume account of the massive impact of Western civilization on the Pacific Islands and the Far East, principally China and Japan. The effects on the two areas were very different since, in the case of the islands, contact was with peoples who were still in the Stone Age, while in the Far East Westerners came up against sophisticated civilizations.

Contents:

Contents; Part I. The Pacific Islands; Illustrations; Part II. East Asia; Sources and Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5550-2

0-8166-0853-9

OCLC:

182732661