A short history of Asia: stone age to 2000 AD/ Colin Mason

By: Mason, ColinMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Macmillan Press Ltd, c2000Description: viii, 316 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0312230591 (cloth); 0312230605 (pbk.)Subject(s): Asia -- HistoryDDC classification: 900.5
Contents:
1. Introduction PART I: Before Imperialism 2. The First Indian Civilisations: Harappa and the Aryan Invasion -- 3. The Development of Indian Culture: Hinduism and Buddhism -- 4. Early South-East Asia: The Ships from India -- 5. China: The Eternal Nation -- 6. Early Japan and the T'ang Dynasty in China -- 7. The Awakening of Europe and the Challenge of Islam -- 8. China: The Sung, Mongol and Ming Dynasties -- 9. China: The Years of Decline -- 10. The Three Makers of Japan and the Tokugawa Period PART II: The White Man's Burden 11. The Dominators and the Dominated -- 12. South-East Asia: The European and Chinese Incursions, and Later history of the Mainland States -- 13. The Malay World: Majapahit and Malacca -- 14. Indonesia: The Last Independent Kingdoms and the Extension of Dutch Rule -- 15. India under Two Masters: The Grand Moguls and the East India Company -- 16. Gandhi's India: The Struggle for Liberty PART III: The Modern Nations 17. The South Asian Nations; India, Pakistan and Bangladesh -- 18. China: Two Revolutions -- 19. Modern China: The Communist State -- 20. Indonesia: Sukarno and After -- 21. Malaya: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei -- 22. Japan: The Iron Triangle -- 23. Thailand: Land of the Free -- 24. The Philippines: Trouble in Paradise -- 25. Korea: Divided Nation -- 26 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia -- 27. Burma: Rule by the Gun -- 28. Asia Today - and Tomorrow
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-309) and index.

1. Introduction

PART I: Before Imperialism
2. The First Indian Civilisations: Harappa and the Aryan Invasion -- 3. The Development of Indian Culture: Hinduism
and Buddhism -- 4. Early South-East Asia: The Ships from India -- 5. China: The Eternal Nation -- 6. Early Japan and the T'ang Dynasty in China -- 7. The Awakening of Europe and the Challenge of Islam -- 8. China: The Sung, Mongol and Ming Dynasties -- 9. China: The Years of Decline -- 10. The Three Makers of Japan and the Tokugawa Period

PART II: The White Man's Burden
11. The Dominators and the Dominated -- 12. South-East Asia: The European and Chinese Incursions, and Later history of the Mainland States -- 13. The Malay World: Majapahit and Malacca -- 14. Indonesia: The Last Independent Kingdoms and the Extension of Dutch Rule -- 15. India under Two Masters: The Grand Moguls and the East India Company -- 16. Gandhi's India: The Struggle for Liberty

PART III: The Modern Nations
17. The South Asian Nations; India, Pakistan and Bangladesh -- 18. China: Two Revolutions -- 19. Modern China: The Communist State -- 20. Indonesia: Sukarno and After -- 21. Malaya: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei -- 22. Japan: The Iron Triangle -- 23. Thailand: Land of the Free -- 24. The Philippines: Trouble in Paradise -- 25. Korea: Divided Nation --
26 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia -- 27. Burma: Rule by the Gun -- 28. Asia Today - and Tomorrow

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