East Asia in the world : an introduction
Title:
East Asia in the world : an introduction
Author:
Prescott, Anne (Director).
ISBN:
9780765643223
Publication Information:
New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
Physical Description:
viii, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm
Series:
Foundations in global studies series
Foundations in global studies series.
Series Title:
Foundations in global studies series
Foundations in global studies series.
Abstract:
Part I. Overview -- Introducing East Asia -- East Asian studies: history, careers, and resources -- Part II. Fundamentals -- Modern East Asia: a history -- East Asian languages -- Part III. The global context -- East Asian economies in a globalizing world -- Globalization in East Asia -- Debunking the myths -- Part IV. Case studies -- Introduction to the case studies -- From flying pigeons to fords: China's new car culture -- New media and new technology in colonial Korea: radio -- Interpreting minority experiences of Japan's March 2011 triple disaster -- Society and culture: Confucianism in East Asia today -- The Korean Peninsula: global dimensions -- Reading "Kimigayo": the Japanese national anthem in a time of postnational transition -- Globalization and deindustrialization in China's (former) porcelain capital -- Buto: the birth and maturation of a new global art form -- China's one-child policy and the empowerment of urban daughters.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Globalization -- East Asia. |
| East Asia. |
| East Asia -- Civilization. |
| East Asia -- Social conditions. |
Summary:
Part I. Overview -- Introducing East Asia -- East Asian studies: history, careers, and resources -- Part II. Fundamentals -- Modern East Asia: a history -- East Asian languages -- Part III. The global context -- East Asian economies in a globalizing world -- Globalization in East Asia -- Debunking the myths -- Part IV. Case studies -- Introduction to the case studies -- From flying pigeons to fords: China's new car culture -- New media and new technology in colonial Korea: radio -- Interpreting minority experiences of Japan's March 2011 triple disaster -- Society and culture: Confucianism in East Asia today -- The Korean Peninsula: global dimensions -- Reading "Kimigayo": the Japanese national anthem in a time of postnational transition -- Globalization and deindustrialization in China's (former) porcelain capital -- Buto: the birth and maturation of a new global art form -- China's one-child policy and the empowerment of urban daughters.