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East Asian civilizations : a dialogue in five stages / Wm. Theodore de Bary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Bary, William Theodore, 1919-
- Series:
- The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Asia--History.
- East Asia.
- East Asia--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 160 p.
- Other Title:
- Edwin O. Reischauer lectures.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- De Bary constructs a magisterial overview of three thousand years of East Asian civilizations, principally in the form of dialogues among the major systems of thought that have dominated the Asian world’s historical development.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. The Classical Legacy
- 2. The Buddhist Age
- 3. The Neo-Confucian Stage
- 4. East Asia's Modern Transformation
- 5. The Post-Confucian Era
- 6. East Asia and the West: Catching Up with Each Other
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- "The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures, 1986"--Half-t.p.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674031036
- 0674031032
- OCLC:
- 923110466
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