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Approaches to Asian Civilizations / Ainslie T. Embree, Wm. Theodore De Bary.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1964]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A collection of essays representing the thinking on the topic of Asian studies in undergraduate liberal arts education, and how to guide these studies in the right direction. Each specialist and scholar discusses the significance of Asia to their discipline, and the importance of Asian studies regardless of major.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface by Wm. Theodore de Bary
- Contents
- Part One: History
- Chinese History for the Undergraduate / Wright, Arthur F.
- Comment: The Japanese Perspective / Craig, Albert
- Indian History for the Undergraduate / Crane, Robert I.
- Comment: The Chinese Perspective / Liu, James T. C.
- Reflections on the Study of Oriental Civilizations / Issawi, Charles
- Comment: Traditional Methods and Modern Needs / Wilhelm, Hellmut
- The Spiritual Form of the Oriental Civilizations / Berry, Thomas
- Ideas and the Power Structure / Wittfogel, Karl A.
- Comment: General Theories and General Education / Embree, Ainslie T.
- Comment: Generalizations and Chinese History / Hucker, Charles O.
- Part Two: Politics
- The Modern Far East and the Undergraduate / Feis, Herbert
- Asia in the Study of World Politics / Lasswell, Harold D.
- Comment: World Politics in the Study of the Middle East / Hurewitz, J. C.
- Part Three: Economics
- Economic Forces and Social Change in Asia / Lockwood, William W.
- Comment: The Humanistic Uses of Asian Economic History / Hay, Stephen N.
- Some Basic Geographical Factors in the Study of Asian Civilizations / Herman, Theodore
- Comment: Geography and General Education / Brush, John E.
- Part Four: Anthropology and Sociology
- Asia via Japan: An Anthropologist's Attempts / Haring, Douglas G.
- Comment: On Behalf of Comparative Civilizations Through Intellectual o Cooperation Between Disciplines / Hsu, Francis L. K.
- Basic Problems in the Contemporary Transformation of Traditional Societies / Lerner, Daniel
- Comment: Comparativists and Uniquists / Lambert, Richard D.
- Comment: Choosing a Position / Beardsley, Richard K.
- Part Five: General
- The Integration of Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum / Cameron, Meribeth
- Soviet Approaches to Oriental Civilizations / Lensen, George A.
- Asian Studies in a Canadian Undergraduate Program / Dobson, W. A. C. H.
- Part Six: Comments: The Organization of Courses
- The Self-Image Approach / Potter, Karl
- Specialization for Teacher and Student / Weatherford, Willis D.
- Compromising on Coverage / Carlson, Ellsworth C.
- The Problem of Objectives / Bailey, Jackson H.
- Courses and Conferences / Meskill, John
- Conference Program
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780231878463
- 023187846X
- OCLC:
- 1100430995
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