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The Far East a concise history,
The Far East: A Concise History summarizes the history of three Far East or East Asian countries - China, Japan, and Korea. This book begins with an introduction to the three Asian countries' geographical features, climatic conditions, agricultural features, racial affinities, heritage, common...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press
[1966]
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| Edición: | [1st ed.]. |
| Colección: | Commonwealth and international library. History division.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Far East; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Chapter 1. Introductory
- The Far East as a Regional Entity; DEFINITION OF THE FAR EAST; GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; AGRICULTURAL FEATURES; RACIAL AFFINITIES; THE HERITAGE OF THE PAST; COMMON LINGUISTIC FEATURES; COMMON POLITICAL FEATURES; Chapter 2. The Far East in Ancient and Mediaeval Times; THE RISE OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION; THE SHANG DYNASTY, c. 1500-1000 B. C.; THE CHOU DYNASTY, c. 1000-481 B. C.; THE PERIOD OF THE WARRING STATES, 481-221 B. C.; THE ""HUNDRED SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY""
- CONFUCIUSMENCIUS; HSUN TZU; CHARACTERISTICS OF CONFUCIANISM; THE CONFUCIAN CLASSICS; OPPONENTS OF CONFUCIANISM; THE LEGALISTS AND THE CH'IN EMPIRE; THE HAN EMPIRE, 206 B. C.-A. D. 221; THE RESURGENCE OF CONFUCIANISM; THE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, A. D. 23-221; THE BRILLIANCE OF THE HAN EPOCH; POLITICAL DISUNITY ANDSOCIAL CHANGE, 221-589; THE GROWTH OF BUDDHISM IN CHINA; THE SUI AND T'ANG DYNASTIES, 589-904; THE COSMOPOLITAN CHARACTER OF THE T'ANG ERA; THE SUNG EPOCH, 960-1279; THE CHIN EMPIRE; THE NEO-CONFUCIANISTS; THE MONGOL EMPIRE, 1206-1368; THE CHARACTER OF MONGOL RULE; THE THREE KINGDOMS
- THE GROWTH OF CHINESE CULTURAL INFLUENCESTHE KORYU KINGDOM; LEGENDARY ORIGINS; THE YAMATO EMPIRE; THE SOGA AND THE COMING OF BUDDHISM; THE GROWTH OF CHINESE INFLUENCE; THE TAIRA AND THE MINAMOTO; THE HOJO REGENCY; THE MONGOL INVASIONS; THE FALL OF THE HOJO; Chapter 3. Far Eastern Civilization at its Zenith; THE RULE OF THE CONFUCIAN SCHOLAR-GENTRY; ISOLATION AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY; THE EARLY MING ERA, 1368-1424; THE DECLINE OF THE MING; THE RISE OF THE MANCHUS; THE OVERTHROW OF THE MING; THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT, 1683-1797; THE MANCHU ADMINISTRATION; THE LATER ASHIKAGA PERIOD
- THE RESTORATION OF POLITICAL ORDER 1560-1600THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE; THE POLICY OF SECLUSION; Chapter 4. The Era of Western Domination; THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 1581-1683; THE CANTON TRADE; THE AMERICAN TRADE WITH CHINA; THE FIRST ANGLO-CHINESE WAR, 1839-42; THE TREATY PORT SYSTEM; THE RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES, 1856-60; THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE RESUMED; REBELLION AND RECOVERY IN THE MANCHU EMPIRE, 1850-94; Chapter 5. Japan as the Great Power of the Far East; THE ESTABLISHMENT OFTHE TREATY PORT SYSTEM IN JAPAN; THE FALL OF THE SHOGUNATE, 1867-8
- THE ORGANIZATION OF THEIMPERIAL GOVERNMENT, 1868-78THE MEIJI CONSTITUTION; THE STRUGGLE FORTREATY REVISION, 1871-99; THE KOREAN QUESTION ANDTHE SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1876-95; THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1904-5; Chapter 6. The Growth of Chinese Nationalism; THE "BATTLE OF THE CONCESSIONS"",; THE ""HUNDRED DAYS"" OFATTEMPTED REFORM, 1898; THE BOXER RISING, 1900; SUN YAT-SEN AND THEREPUBLICAN MOVEMENT; MANCHU ATTEMPTS AT REFORM; THE FALL OF THE MANCHU EMPIRE, 1911-12; YUAN SHIH-K'AI AS DICTATOR; JAPANESE INTERVENTIONIN THE FIRST WORLD WAR; THE JAPANESE TWENTY-ONEDEMANDS UPON CHINA, 1915