East Asia: From Chinese Predominance to the Rise of the Pacific Rim

Name: East Asia: From Chinese Predominance to the Rise of the Pacific Rim
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ISBN: 9780712667845

ISBN-10: 0712667849

ISBN-13: 9780712667845

Edition: N/A

Authors: Arthur Cotterell

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Recently, Japan has become an economic superpower, with China close behind. This work places this economic development in perspective & historical context. Cotterell concludes that relations between them will determine the future of East Asia.

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Publisher: Pimlico. Book Condition: Used - L
Pages: 368
Size: 4.63" wide x 7.23" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 0.814



Illustrations


Foreword



Chinese Predominance



Classical China: from the Shang to the Qin Dynasty (1650-206 B.C.)



The Early Chinese Empire: from the Han Dynasty to the Mongol Conquest (206 B.C.-A.D. 1368)



Early Korea: from Choson to the Fall of Koryo (194 B.C.-A.D. 1392)



Early Japan: from the Wa Kingdoms to the End of the Kamakura Shogunate (Third century A.D.-1336)



Early South-East Asia: from the Chinese Annexation of Vietnam to the Mongol Invasions (111 B.C.-A.D. 1292)



A New Balance of Power



The Late Chinese Empire: from the Ming Dynasty to the Founding of the Republic (1368-1912)



Confucian Korea: the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910)



Feudal Japan: from the Ashikaga Shogunate to the Meiji Restoration (1338-1868)



South-East Asia: the Medieval Kingdoms (1287 onwards)



European Colonial Interlude: from the Arrival of the Portuguese to the Pacific War (1511-1941)



The Rise of the Pacific Rim



Imperial Japan: from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War (1868-1941)



Republic of China: from its Founding to the Triumph of Communism (1912-49)



End of Empire: the Pacific War and its Consequences (1941-7)



People's Republic of China: the Modern Miracle (1949 onwards)



Two American Setbacks: the Wars in Korea (1950-3) and Vietnam (1954-75)



Post-War Japan: the Rise of an Economic Superpower (1945 onwards)



South-East Asian Independence: the Nationalist Response to the Post-War Era (1945 onwards)



The Pacific Millennium: a Return to Chinese Leadership (1996 onwards)


Selected Bibliography


Chronology


Index