A History of AsiaA History of Asia places an emphasis on social history, paying particular attention to cultural and religious trends and offering explicit comparisons among the major Asian traditions and between Asia and the western world. The second edition includes a new chapter on Japan, increased coverage of social history, urban history, women, and the environment, and an updated bibliography. |
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... American ship Empress of China sailed from Brooklyn for Canton ; it was followed over the years up to the 1850s by clipper ships bringing back tea , silk , porcelains , and other lux- ury goods . American ship designers had perfected ...
... American ship Empress of China sailed from Brooklyn for Canton ; it was followed over the years up to the 1850s by clipper ships bringing back tea , silk , porcelains , and other lux- ury goods . American ship designers had perfected ...
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... American supervision , except at the highest level . Very few Americans knew the Japanese language and were thus far more dependent on the conquered people than in the occupation of Germany . Occupation and Americanization Relief on ...
... American supervision , except at the highest level . Very few Americans knew the Japanese language and were thus far more dependent on the conquered people than in the occupation of Germany . Occupation and Americanization Relief on ...
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... American CIA collusion . American ground troops began to augment the South Vietnamese forces more openly ; there were 75,000 American troops by 1965 and over half a million by the end of 1968. Successive military regimes proved both in ...
... American CIA collusion . American ground troops began to augment the South Vietnamese forces more openly ; there were 75,000 American troops by 1965 and over half a million by the end of 1968. Successive military regimes proved both in ...
Contents
Introduction Monsoon Asia as a Unit of Study | 2 |
Prehistoric Asia | 9 |
South Asia | 20 |
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agriculture American areas army Asian Aurangzeb base became began Bengal British Buddhism built Burma called Cambridge capital Central Asia century A.D. Ch'ing China Chinese cities civilization colonial Communist Confucian conquest continued court culture Delhi Delhi sultanate developed dominant Dutch dynasty earlier early East economic efforts emperor empire especially Europe foreign Han dynasty Hindu Hinduism imperial India Indonesia Indus irrigation Islam Japan Japanese kingdoms Korea Kuomintang land later major Manchuria Marathas ment merchants military Ming modern Mongol monsoon mountains Mughal Muslim nese nomads north China northern official originally peasants Peking period Philippines political population ports Portuguese probably religion remained rice rival River rule rulers Shang ships Sinkiang society Southeast Asia southern spread Sumer Sung Tang Taoism temples Tibet tion trade traditional troops ture University Press Valley Vietnam West Western women Yangtze York