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A history of Asia / Rhoads Murphey.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphey, Rhoads, 1919-2012
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 526 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pearson/Longman, ©2009.
- Contents:
- Prehistoric Asia
- Asian religions and their cultures
- The traditional societies of Asia
- The civilization of ancient India
- The civilization of ancient China
- Medieval India
- Early and medieval Southeast Asia
- China : a golden age
- Early, classical, and medieval Japan and Korea
- Mughal India and Central Asia
- New imperial splendor in China: the Ming Dynasty
- The West arrives in Asia
- Manchu China and Tokugawa Japan
- The rise of British power in India
- The triumph of imperialism in Asia
- Subjugation, nationalism, and revolution in China and India
- The struggle for Asia, 1920-1945
- Revival and revolution in Japan and China
- Korea and Southeast Asia in the modern world
- South Asia : independence, political division, and development
- Asia in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Balch Ethnic Studies Collection
- ISBN:
- 9780205649167
- 0205649165
- OCLC:
- 209663857
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