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A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century
Charles Holcombe
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Description for A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century
paperback. The second edition of Charles Holcombe's acclaimed introduction to East Asian history from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 481 pages, 56 b/w illus. 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics or globalization. Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. This shared past is at the heart of this ambitious book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. The second edition has been imaginatively revised and expanded to place emphasis on ... Read more
Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics or globalization. Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. This shared past is at the heart of this ambitious book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. The second edition has been imaginatively revised and expanded to place emphasis on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
492
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107544895
SKU
V9781107544895
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99-9
About Charles Holcombe
Charles Holcombe is Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa. His publications include The Genesis of East Asia, 221 BC-AD 907 (2001) and In the Shadow of the Han: Literati Thought and Society at the Start of the Southern Dynasties (1994).
Reviews for A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century
Review of first edition: 'Treading a line between the emerging field of transnational history and a more traditional regional history, Holcombe has written a valuable and impressive guide to the histories of East Asia. The historical and regional scope, reaching from the ancient past to the ultra-modern present, is unprecedented in a volume of this size. Students of East Asia ... Read more