Description
From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to East Asia. After a brief introduction to the study of East Asia, the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of East Asian history; important historical narratives; and the region's languages, religions, and global connections. Students are guided through the material with relevant maps, resource boxes, and text boxes that support and guide further independent exploration of the topics at hand.
The second half of the book features interdisciplinary case studies, each of which focuses on a specific country or region and a particular issue. Each chapter gives a flavor for the cultural distinctiveness of the particular country yet also draws attention to global linkages. Readers will come away from this book with an understanding of the larger historical, political, and cultural frameworks that shaped East Asia as we know it today, and of current issues that have relevance in Asia and beyond.
Table of Contents
About This Book I : Overview 1. Introducing East Asia 2. East Asian Studies: History, Careers, and Resources II: Fundamentals 3. Modern East Asia: A History 4. East Asian Languages III: The Global Context 5. East Asian Economies in a Globalizing World 6. Globalization in East Asia 7. Debunking the Myths IIII: Case Studies 8. Introduction to the Case Studies 9. From Flying Pigeons to Fords: China’s New Car Culture 10. New Media and New Technology in Colonial Korea: Radio 11. Interpreting Minority Experiences of Japan’s March 2011 Triple Disaster 12. Society and Culture: Confucianism in East Asia Today 13. The Korean Peninsula: Global Dimensions 14. Reading Kimigayo: The Japanese National Anthem in a Time of Postnational Transition 15. Globalization and Deindustrialization in China’s (Former) Porcelain Capital 16. But?: The Birth and Maturation of a New Global Art Form 17. China’s One-Child Policy and the Empowerment of Urban Daughters About the Editor and Contributors Index
