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Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations by Conrad Schirokauer (1988, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWadsworth

ISBN-100155055690

ISBN-139780155055698

eBay Product ID (ePID)45283

Product Key Features

Number of Pages704 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBrief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations

SubjectAsia / Japan, General, Asia / China

Publication Year1988

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorConrad Schirokauer

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight34.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN88-081047

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal951

Table Of ContentPreface. Part I: The Classical Civilization of China. 1. Chinese Antiquity. 2. The Age of Philosophers. 3. The First Empire: 221 B.C.-A.D. 220. Part II: China and Japan in A Buddhist Age. 4. China during the Period of Disunity. 5. The Cosmopolitan Civilization of the Sui and Tang. 6. Early Japan To 794. 7. Heian Japan. Part III: China and Japan: Gentry and Samurai. 8. China during the Song: 960-1279. 9. The Mongol Empire and The Yuan Dynasty. 10. The Ming Dynasty: 1368-1644. 11. Japan in the Kamakura Period: 1185-1333. 12. The Ashikaga Shogunate and The Period of Unification. 13. East Asia and Modern Europe: First Encounters. Part IV: Traditional China and Japan: The Last Phase. 14. China under the Manchus. 15. Tokugawa Japan. Part V: China and Japan in the Modern World. 16. The Intrusion of the West: China. 17. The Intrusion of the West: Japan. 18. The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894. 19. Self-Strengthening In China: 1874-1894. 20. End of the Old Order and Struggle for the New: China. 21. The Limits of Success: Japan, 1895-1931.

SynopsisA brief introductory text that emphasises cultural history while also covering political and economic history. Chapters are brief and each major Chinese dynasty, Japanese Shogunate, or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. Chapters or groups of chapters on China or Japan alternate. Encounters with the West, beginning in the 16th and expanding greatly in the 19th century, are extensively covered., A brief introductory text that emphasizes cultural history while also covering political and economic history. Chapters are brief and each major Chinese dynasty, Japanese Shogunate, or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. Encounters with the West (beginning in the 16th century) are extensively covered.

LC Classification NumberDS721.S367 1989