East Asia : A New History

by Murphey, Rhoads

• ISBN13: 9780321163363
• ISBN10: 0321163362
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

This accessible text provides a comprehensive history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam and includes coverage of the common people, the environment, and women topics often neglected in other texts.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	viii
Preface	ix
A Note on the Spelling of Asian Names and Words	xii
Wade-Giles/Pinyin Equivalents	xiii
About the Author	xv
Atlas	xvi
Time Chart	xvii
CHAPTER 1 East Asia: Common Ground and Regional Differences	1	(19)
Boundaries and the Home Baser	2	(1)
Attitudes Toward Nature	3	(1)
Agriculture	3	(5)
Rules for Society	8	(1)
Village and Town	9	(1)
East-West Contrasts	10	(3)
The Traditional System	13	(1)
Regional Differences	14	(1)
China Proper	15	(1)
Relations with Other Areas	16	(1)
The Vegetable Civilization	17	(1)
Larger Regional Differences	18	(2)
CHAPTER 2 Prehistory, Beginnings in China, and the Shang Dynasty	20	(15)
The Neolithic Revolution	21	(1)
Agricultural Origins in Southeast Asia	22	(1)
Peoples and Early Kingdoms of Southeast Asia	23	(2)
Prehistoric China	25	(2)
Korea and Japan	27	(3)
The Origins of China	30	(1)
The Shang Dynasty	31	(2)
The Zhou Dynasty	33	(2)
CHAPTER 3 The Zhou-Its Decline, and the Age of the Philosophers	35	(21)
Warring States	39	(1)
Confucius, the Sage	40	(1)
Xunzi	41	(1)
Confucianism	42	(1)
Confucius and Mencius	42	(2)
Confucianism and "Heaven"	44	(2)
Mozi	46	(1)
Daoism	46	(4)
The Chinese Language	50	(6)
CHAPTER 4 Qin and Han: The Making of Empire	56	(20)
Qin Authoritarianism	59	(1)
The Han Dynasty	60	(2)
Expansion Under Han Wu Di	62	(1)
China and Rome	63	(1)
Wider Trade Patterns	64	(1)
Han Culture	65	(4)
Cities in Ancient China	69	(1)
Han Achievements	70	(1)
Pressures on the Environment	71	(5)
CHAPTER 5 Buddhism, Barbarians, and the Tang Dynasty	76	(23)
Buddhism	76	(1)
Gautama Buddha	77	(1)
Hinayana, Mahayana, and the Spread of Buddhism	78	(1)
The End of the Han	79	(1)
Northern Wei	80	(2)
The Move South	82	(1)
Reunification: Sui and Tang	83	(1)
The Tang System	84	(4)
Chang An in an Age of Imperial Splendor	88	(2)
Decline	90	(2)
Buddhism and the Tang	92	(2)
Buddhist Sects	94	(2)
Collapse	96	(3)
CHAPTER 6 Achievement and Disaster: The Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960-1355	99	(23)
Northern Song	101	(1)
The Civil Service	102	(1)
Reform	103	(1)
Culture and Conquest	104	(1)
The Southern Song Period	105	(2)
Innovation and Technological Development	107	(1)
Kaifeng and Hangzhou	107	(4)
Rise of the South	111	(2)
Neo-Confucianism	113	(2)
Painting and Porcelain	115	(1)
The Mongols	116	(3)
Yuan China	119	(1)
Dynastic Cycles and Continuity	120	(2)
CHAPTER 7 New Imperial Splendor in China: The Ming Dynasty	122	(26)
The Founding of the Ming	123	(2)
Hongwu: The Rebel Emperor	125	(1)
The Ming Tributary System	126	(1)
Ming Maritime Expeditions	127	(2)
Prosperity and Conservatism	129	(2)
Commerce and Culture	131	(2)
Patronage and Literature	133	(2)
Popular Culture	135	(1)
Elite Culture and Traditionalism	135	(3)
Imperial Beijing: Axis of the Ming World	138	(1)
Complacency and Decline	139	(6)
The Manchu Conquest	145	(3)
CHAPTER 8 The Qing in Prosperity and Decline	148	(20)
Prosperity and Population Increases	152	(3)
Kangxi and Qianlong	155	(3)
Traditional Society in East Asia	158	(1)
Family and Marriage	158	(1)
Child Rearing	159	(1)
The Status of Women	160	(1)
Sexual Customs	161	(1)
Law, Crime, and Punishment	161	(2)
The Later Qing: Decline and Inertia	163	(1)
New Barbarian Pressure	164	(1)
Qing Glory and Technological Backwardness	165	(2)
Opium, and War with Britain	167	(1)
CHAPTER 9 Premodern Vietnam and Korea	168	(22)
Early Vietnam	170	(2)
The Chinese Connection	172	(2)
Southward Expansion	174	(2)
Korea	176	(2)
Han Conquest and After	178	(1)
Three Kingdoms	179	(2)
Silla Victorious	181	(1)
Koryo	182	(1)
Mongol Conquest and After	183	(1)
Yi Korea	184	(6)
CHAPTER 10 Beginnings in Japan: Patterns and Origins	190	(21)
Ties with Korea and Tomb Builders	192	(2)
Mythical Histories	194	(1)
The Uji	195
Shinto	175	(22)
The Link with China	197	(1)
Taika, Nara, and Heian	198	(2)
Chinese and Buddhist Art	200	(1)
Buddhism and Literacy	200	(2)
The Shoen System	202	(1)
Heian Culture	202	(1)
Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki)	203	(1)
Art and Gardens	204	(2)
Kana Monastic Armies	206	(1)
Pressures on the Environment	207	(4)
CHAPTER 11 Warriors, Monks, and Conflict: Medieval Japan	211	(19)
The Collapse of Heian	211	(3)
The Kamakura Period	214	(1)
The Mongol Invasion	215	(1)
Warriors and Monks	216	(1)
Literature and the Arts	217	(2)
The End of the Kamakura Shogunate and the Rise of the Ashikaga	219	(2)
The Onin War, and Economic Growth	221	(1)
Trade and Piracy	222	(1)
Muromachi Culture	223	(2)
Renewed Civil War	225	(5)
CHAPTER 12 The West Arrives in Asia	230	(20)
Independent Development	230	(2)
The European Context	232	(1)
The Portuguese Reach Asia	233	(2)
The Portuguese Commercial Empire	235	(1)
The Spanish in the Philippines	236	(1)
"Christians and Spices"	237	(1)
Strategy and Bases	237	(2)
Matteo Ricci: Missionary to the Ming Court	239	(1)
The Russian Advance in Asia	240	(1)
Japan's Christian Century	241	(2)
The Dutch and English in Asia	243	(3)
The English in Asia	246	(4)
CHAPTER 13 Tokugawa Japan	250	(20)
The Tokugawa Order	251	(3)
Exclusion of Westerners	254	(1)
Economic Growth	255	(1)
Edo and Urban Culture	256	(3)
The Rural Sector	259	(1)
Literature, Art, and Society	259	(2)
Wood-Block Prints and Hokusai	261	(1)
Strains in the Tokugawa System	262	(2)
Dutch Learning	264	(1)
The New Western Challenge	265	(1)
Impact and Response	266	(1)
The End of the Tokugawa	267	(1)
Achievements	268	(2)
CHAPTER 14 Humiliation and Response in Nineteenth-Century China	270	(20)
Economics and Illusion	272	(1)
China Besieged	273	(5)
Traders and Missionaries	278	(1)
The Taiping Rebellion	278	(1)
Self Strengthening	279	(1)
Treaty Ports and Mission Schools	280	(1)
Overseas Chinese	281	(1)
Subjugation, Nationalism, and Humiliation	281	(2)
"Self Strengthening" and Restoration	283	(3)
New Humiliations	286	(1)
Efforts at Reform	286	(1)
The Boxer Rebellion	287	(3)
CHAPTER 15 Japan's Response to New Challenges	290	(4)
Throne and Political Leaders	290	(2)
The New Order	292	(1)
Financial Problems	293	(1)
Overseas Aggression and the Satsuma Rebellion	293	(1)
Economic Development	294	(1)
National Effort	294	(15)
Industrialization	295	(2)
Westernization	297	(2)
The Meiji Constitution	299	(1)
Japanese Imperialism	300	(1)
Conflict with Russia	301	(2)
Japan in Korea	303	(1)
World War I	303	(2)
The New Japanese Empire	305	(1)
Meiji Culture and Accomplishments	305	(4)
CHAPTER 16 Imperialism in Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia	309	(19)
Rejection of Foreign Ideas	309	(2)
Foreign Contention for Korea	311	(1)
Korea Under Japanese Rule	312	(1)
Imperialism and Colonialism in Southeast Asia	313	(1)
The British in Burma and Malaya	313	(2)
French, Dutch, and American Colonialism	315	(1)
Independent Siam	316	(1)
Overseas Chinese	316	(1)
Plural Societies	316	(3)
The Plantation System	319	(2)
Pluralism and Problems of Nationalism	321	(1)
The Rise of Southeast Asian Nationalism	321	(3)
Vietnam	324	(4)
CHAPTER 17 China in Tatters, 1896-1925	328	(19)
New Foreign Plundering	328	(1)
The Open Door Notes	329	(1)
The Rise of Chinese Nationalism	330	(1)
The Last Years of the Qing	331	(2)
Constitutionalism and Revolution	333	(1)
Sun Yat-sen and 1911	334	(2)
Enter Yuan Shikai	336	(1)
The Warlords	337	(1)
New Social Mobility, and the New Culture Movement	338	(2)
Lu Xun	340	(1)
The May Fourth Movement	341	(3)
Russia and the Building of Party Organization	344	(3)
CHAPTER 18 China and Japan: The Road to War	347	(21)
Chinese Nationalism	347	(1)
The Northern Expedition	348	(1)
The Nanjing Decade	349	(1)
Failures and Successes	350	(3)
The Long March and the United Front	353	(1)
Shanghai: The Model Treaty Port	354	(2)
Japan in the 1920's: Taisho Democracy and Its Fate	356	(2)
Rise of the Militarists	358	(2)
Aggression in Manchuria	360	(1)
Militarists in Command	361	(2)
Background of the "China Incident"	363	(5)
CHAPTER 19 The Second World War in Asia	368	(21)
The Japanese Attack on China	368	(3)
Retreat and Resistance	371	(1)
The GMD Side	372	(1)
Refugees and Communists	373	(1)
Chiang and the Americans	374	(1)
Chongging: Beleaguered Wartime Capital	375	(4)
The Coming of the Pacific War	379	(1)
The Road to Pearl Harbor	380	(5)
Burma, and the End of the War	385	(4)
CHAPTER 20 China Since 1945	389	(26)
The Civil War	389	(3)
Mao and the Mass Line	392	(1)
The Outer Areas	393	(3)
The Great Leap Forward	396	(1)
The Sino-Soviet Split	396	(1)
The Cultural Revolution Decade	396	(6)
China After Mao	402	(2)
Achievements, and the Future	404	(2)
Renewed Demands for Liberalization	406	(4)
Taiwan	410	(1)
Hong Kong	411	(4)
CHAPTER 21 Japan Since 1945	415	(17)
The Revival of Japan	415	(1)
Occupation and Americanization	416	(3)
Economic and Social Development	419	(6)
Japan's Global Role	425	(2)
Tokyo and the Modern World	427	(1)
Japan's Relations with Its Former Enemies	428	(4)
CHAPTER 22 Korea, Mainland Southeast Asia, and the United States in East Asia	432	(23)
Divided Korea	432	(3)
Korea Since 1960	435	(2)
Southeast Asia Since World War II	437	(3)
Vietnam's 30 Years of War	440	(4)
Bloody Cambodia	444	(2)
Laos: The Forgotten Country	446	(1)
Burma, Thailand, Malaya, and Singapore	446	(1)
Burma	446	(1)
Thailand	447	(1)
Malaysia and Singapore	448	(1)
The United States and East Asia	449	(2)
East Asia and the Future: A "Pacific Century?"	451	(4)
Credits	455	(2)
Index	457