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A short history of Asia : Stone Age to 2000 AD
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A short history of Asia : Stone Age to 2000 AD

Author: Colin Mason
Publisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This text covers the whole scope of Asian history in a single volume. It requires no prior knowledge of Asian history and seeks to be clear and readible. It particularly identifies  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Colin Mason
ISBN: 0333791991 9780333791998 0333792009 9780333792001 0312230591 (ST. MARTIN'S 9780312230593 (ST. MARTIN'S 0312230605 (ST. MARTIN'S 9780312230609 (ST. MARTIN'S
OCLC Number: 59420269
Description: viii, 316 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction - PART ONE: BEFORE IMPERIALISM - The First Indian Civilisations: Harappa and the Aryan Invasion - The Development of Indian Culture: Hinduism and Buddhism - Early South-East Asia: The Ships from India - China: The Eternal Nation - Early Japan: and the T'ang Dynasty in China - The Awakening of Europe: and the Challenge of Islam - China: The Sung, Mongol and Ming Dynasties - China: The Years of Decline - The Three Makers of Japan: and the Tokugawa Period - PART TWO: THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN - The Dominators and the Dominated - South-East Asia: The European and Chinese Incursions and Later History of the Mainland States - The Malay World: Majapahit and Malacca - Indonesia: The Last Independent Kingdoms and the Extension of Dutch Rule - India under Two Masters: The Grand Moguls and the East India Company - Gandhi's India: The Struggle for Liberty - PART THREE: THE MODERN NATIONS - The South Asian Nations: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - China: Two Revolutions - Modern China: The Communist State - Indonesia: Sukarno and After - Malaya: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei - Japan: The Iron Triangle - Thailand: Land of the Free - The Philippines: Trouble in Paradise - Korea: Divided Nation - Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - Burma: Rule by the Gun - Asia Today and Tomorrow - Bibliography - Index
Responsibility: Colin Mason.

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