Research Catalog

Title

East and Southeast Asia : a multidisciplinary survey / Colin Mackerras editor.

Publication

• Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner, 1995.
• ©1995

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Details

Additional Authors

Mackerras, Colin.

Description

620 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

The concept of "Eastern Asia" is clearly defined for the student, then linked to a discussion of the geographical composition of the region. The authors go on to examine the major traditions of the six countries, including their relations with one another; the impact of European colonialism; political, economic, and social developments since World War II; and finally, Eastern Asia in a global context. East and Southeast Asia's unusual thematic organization and its multidisciplinary approach - topics in sociology, anthropology, economics, and world history are all explored - make it perfect for use in undergraduate survey courses such as "Introduction to Asia."

Subject

• Geschichte
• 15.75 history of Asia
• Politik
• Politische Geografie
• Sozialstruktur
• Wirtschaftsentwicklung
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Ostasien
• Südostasien
• South Asia
• South-East Asia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Introduction. The concept of Eastern Asia -- The physical and ethnic geography of East and Southeast Asia -- Pt. 2. Traditions. Basic social structures and family systems -- Religious traditions in Asia -- Literature and the arts -- Administration and rebellion in East Asia -- Political patterns in Southeast Asia -- Interstate relations in traditional Asia -- Pt. 3. Asian responses to the Western challenge, sixteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. Imperialism in Asia : a comparative perspective -- Mercantilists and missionaries : impact and accommodation -- Free-trade commercialism : tradition under pressure -- Intensive capitalism : the domination of Asian societies -- Chinese nationalism in the twentieth century -- Japanese nationalism from Meiji to 1937 -- The nature and causes of revolution in Asia -- The Chinese revolutions -- The Indonesian revolution -- Indochina to 1954 -- Korea to 1950 -- Pt. 4. Asia Since the mid-twentieth century. The Cold War in Asia and the Korean conflict -- The continuing struggle in Indochina -- The challenges of independence -- Southeast Asia: the search for political form -- Revolution and reform in China -- Sukarno to Suharto -- Japanese politics -- The Japanese model of economic growth -- The rise of the East Asian NIEs: theory and evidence -- Socialist economies -- Thailand and Indonesia: the transformation of the bureaucratic polity -- The prospects for regional economic integration -- Family change in postwar Japan and China -- Population: growth and mobility -- Class, status and gender -- The role of religions in modernising Asia -- Cultures under pressure -- Ecology and environment in Asia -- Security and political relations in Asia after World War II -- Regional institutions, regional identities -- The security architecture of Eastern Asia -- The agony of Cambodia.

ISBN

• 1555876129
• 9781555876128

LCCN

95008986

OCLC

• ocm32429097
• 32429097
• SCSB-2116891

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library