Modern East Asia a brief history /

Synopsis

Preface. Note on Names and Romanization. Romanization Table. Part I: EARLY MODERN/LATE TRADITIONAL. 1. Foundations, Traditions, Commonalties. 2. Qing China. 3. Choson Korea. 4. Tokugawa Japan. 5. East Asia and Modern Europe: First Encounters. Part II: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 6. China and Vietnam: Internal Crises and Western Intrusion. 7. Japan: Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji. 8. The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894. 9. China and Korea: 1870-94. Part III: CONTINENTAL EAST ASIA AND IMPERIAL JAPAN, 1895-1945. 10. China: Endings and Beginnings, 1895-1927. 11. Imperial Japan, 1895-1931. 12. Vietnam, Korea, and Taiwan under Colonial Rule. 13. East Asia: The Thirties and World War II. Part IV: EAST ASIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 14. The Aftermath of World War II. 15. China under Mao. 16. The Chinese World Since Mao. 17. The New Japan. 18. The Two Koreas and Vietnam. Afterword. Suggestions for Further Study. Character List. Index.