East Asia: Identities and Change in the Modern World, 1700-Present

Name: East Asia: Identities and Change in the Modern World, 1700-Present
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ISBN: 9780132431460

ISBN-10: 0132431467

ISBN-13: 9780132431460

Edition: 2008

Authors: R. Schoppa

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InEast Asia: Identities and Change in the Modern World, accomplished historian R. Keith Schoppa uses the prism of cultural identities to examine the four countries that make up the East Asian cultural sphere-China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam-from roughly 1700 to the present. Thisnbsp;book explores modern East Asian history through the themes of identities and change.

Book details

List price: $113.32
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 9/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936

Dubravka Kolanovic studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design USA and went on to graduate from the Academy of Visual Arts in Zagreb. She has illustrated over 30 children's books, cartoon books and school textbooks as well as UNICEF's Christmas card. Her first picture book 'A Special Day ' won the Landmark Editions (USA) Golden Award.




Basic Identities


The Chasm between the Cultures of Traditional East Asia and the Modern World


Senses of Time and Space


Basic Social Unit


Social Hierarchy


Social Goals and Patterns


State and Government


Ways of Thinking about Life and the World


Rice Culture: The World of East Asian Agriculture


Three Ways of Thought in Traditional East Asia


Confucianism


Daoism


Buddhism



From Multicultural Empire to Semicolony: The Qing Dynasty, 1750-1870


The Manchus


Buying into Chinese Culture


The Civil Service Examination


Rituals, Religion, and Values


Dealing with the Other


Identity and Change: The Qianlong Emperor


Identity Crisis


Emerging Problems


The Early Western Role


China and the West: Mutual Perceptions


Early-Nineteenth-Century Political and Social Instability


The Opium Tragedy and War


The Unequal Treaty System


Foreign Concessions


Extraterritoriality with Consular Jurisdiction


Foreign Ambassadorial Residence