History of Asia - Murphey, Rhoads (Singapore Pearson Education Asia Pte. Ltd., 2009)
Table of Contents: Contents by Country or Region. List of Maps. List of Documents. Preface. Authors Note to the Reader. About the Author. Note on the Spelling of Asian Names and Words. Wade-Giles/Pinyin Equivalents. Map: Monsoon Asia. Chronology. -- Introduction. Focusing on Monsoon Asia: Geography -- Population Densities -- Common Cultural Patterns -- The Study of Monsoon Asia -- Chapter 1. Prehistoric Asia: Early and Paleolithic Cultures -- The Neolithic Revolution -- Agricultural Origins in Southeast Asia -- Peoples and Early Kingdoms of Southeast Asia -- Prehistoric China -- Korea and Japan -- Early Asian Commercial and Cultural Networking. -- Chapter 2. Religions and Cultures of Asia: Hinduism -- Buddhism in India and Its Spread Eastward -- A Closer Look: Gautama Buddha -- Reading Across Cultures: The Divine Couple and the Human Family -- Confucianism -- Daoism -- Judaism in Asia -- Islam in Asia -- Shinto -- Asian Religions: Some Reflections. -- Chapter 3. Traditional Societies in Asia: Social Hierarchies -- The Family -- Sexual Behaviour -- The Status of Women -- Education, Literacy, and the Printed Word -- Material Welfare. -- Chapter 4. Ancient India: Origins of Civilization in India -- The Indus Civilization -- The Aryans -- The Rise of Empire: Mauryan India -- The Maurya Dynasty -- Pataliputra and the Glory of Mauryan India -- A Closer Look: The Emperor Ashoka "Beloved of the Gods" -- Kushans and Greeks -- Southern India and the City of Madurai -- Ceylon -- The Guptas and the Empire of Harsha -- Women in Ancient India -- The Indian Heritage -- The Gupta Legacy in the Bay of Bengal Region. -- Chapter 5. Ancient China: The Origins of China -- The Shang Dynasty -- The Zhou Dynasty -- A Closer Look: Confucius, the Sage -- The Qin Conquest -- Qin Authoritarianism -- The Han Dynasty -- A Closer Look: Cities in Ancient China Reading Across Cultures: Han Civilization in Vietnam -- Han Achievements. -- Chapter 6. Medieval India: Early Islamic Influence in India -- The Islamic Advance into Northern India -- The Delhi Sultanate (also called the Slave Dynasty) -- A Closer Look: Notable Sultans: Ala-ud-din Khalji -- Southern India -- That Cholas. -- Chapter 7. Early and Medieval Southeast Asia: The Setting -- Origin of Peoples -- The Eastward Spread of Islam -- Reading Across Cultures: Conversions to Islam -- Indianized Southeast Asia -- Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam -- A Closer Look: Angkor: City of Monumental Splendor -- Medieval Pagan and Thai Ayudhya -- Malaya, Indonesia, and the Philippines -- Reading Across Cultures: Borobudur -- Melaka and the Entry of the West. -- Chapter 8. The Golden Age of China: Reunification in China -- The Splendor of the Tang -- A Closer Look: Chang'an in an Age of Imperial Splendor -- Cultural Brilliance and Political Decay -- The Song Achievement -- The Southern Song Period -- The Mongol Conquest and the Yuan Dynasty -- Chinese Culture and the Empire. -- Chapter 9. Early, Classical, and Medieval Japan and Korea: Japan -- Ties with Korea and the Tomb Builders -- The Link with China -- Heian Culture -- A Closer Look: Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki) -- Pressures on the Environment -- The Kamakura Period -- Ashikaga Japan -- Maritime Contacts Between Medieval Japan and the Continent -- Korea. -- Chapter 10. Mughal India and Central Asia: The Mughals in India -- Babur and the New Dynasty -- A Closer Look: Akbar, the Man -- The Reign of Aurangzeb: Repression and Revolt -- A Closer Look: Commerce at the Mughal Port of Surat -- Central Asia -- Reading Across Cultures: Women in Asia -- Iran: A Brief History. -- Chapter 11. The Ming Dynasty in China, New Imperial Splendor: The Founding of the Ming -- A Closer Look: Hongwu: The Rebel Emperor -- The Ming Tributary System -- Ming Maritime Expeditions -- Reading Across Cultures: Piracy in Southeast Asia -- Prosperity and Conservatism -- Commerce and Culture -- A Closer Look: Imperial Beijing: Axis of the Ming World -- Complacency and Decline The Manchu Conquest. -- Chapter 12. The Arrival of the West in Asia: Independent Development -- The Portuguese in Asia -- Motives for Expansion -- The Spanish in the Philippines -- Trading Bases in Asia -- Reading Across Cultures: The Manila Galleon Trade -- "Christians and Spices" -- A Closer Look: Matteo Ricci: Missionary to the Minh Court -- The Russian Advance in Asia -- Japan's Christian Century -- The Dutch in Asia -- The English in Asia -- The English in Seventeenth-Century India. -- Chapter 13. Manchu China and Tokugawa Japan: China Under the Manchus -- Prosperity and Population Increases -- Qing Glory and 'Technological Backwardness -- The Opium War -- Reunification and the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan -- Reading Across Culture: Japanese Overseas Trade in the Tokugawa Era -- A Closer Look: Edo and the "Floating World" -- A Closer Look: Hokusai, Master Artist -- Foreign Pressures for Change. -- Chapter 14. The Rise of British Power in India: The Mughal Collapse -- Westerners in India -- The Early English Presence -- The Mughal and Post-Mughal Contexts -- Anglo-French Rivalry and the Conquest of Bengal -- A Closer Look: Robert Clive and the Beginnings of British India -- The Orientalists and the Bengal Renaissance -- A Closer Look: Calcutta, Colonial Capital -- From Tolerance to Arrogance -- The Revolt of 1857 -- The Consolidation of the British Empire in India. -- Chapter 15. The Growth of Imperialism in Asia: The New Imperialism -- Imperialism in Asia and Asian Responses -- British Imperial India -- A Closer Look: New Delhi: Indian Summer of the Raj -- Colonial Regimes in Southeast Asia -- Reading Across Cultures: Imperialism and Asia -- China Besieged -- Japan Among the Powers -- A Closer Look: Ito Hirobumi: Meiji Statesman -- Imperialism and Americans in Asia -- Asian Women in the New Imperialist Age -- The Legacy of Western Control. -- Chapter 16. Subjugation, Nationalism, and Revolution in China and India: China in Decay -- Chaos and Warlordism -- A Closer Look: Prominent Figures in the May Fourth Movement -- India Under Colonial Rule -- The Beginnings of Indian Nationalism -- Reading Across Cultures: The Rise of Asian Nationalism -- Enter Gandhi. -- Chapter 17. The Battle for Asia, 1920- 1945: Colonialism in Southeast Asia -- Reading Across Cultures: The Interwar Years -- India Moves Toward Independence -- China in the 1920s and 1930s -- A Closer Look: Shanghai: The Model Treaty Port -- Japan from 1920 to 1941 -- The War in China -- A Closer Look: Chongqing: Beleaguered Wartime Capital -- Japan in the Pacific and Southeast Asia -- Burma and India. -- Chapter 18. Revival and Revolution in Japan and China: The Revival of Japan -- A Closer Look: Tokyo and the Modern World -- China in Revolution -- A Closer Look: Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four -- Taiwan -- Hang Kong -- China, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese. -- Chapter 19. Korea and Southeast Asia in the Modern Era: Yi Dynasty Korea in Decline -- Korea Under Japanese Rule -- Division and War -- Korea Since 1960 -- Southeast Asia Since World War II -- Vietnam -- Bloody Cambodia -- Reading Across Cultures: The Rediscovery and Restoration of Angkor -- Laos: The Forgotten Country -- Burma, Thailand, Malaya, and Singapore -- Indonesia -- The Philippines -- Regional Cooperation in ASEAN. -- Chapter 20. South Asia: Independence, Political Division and Development: Partition and Independence -- Bangladesh and Pakistan -- Afghanistan -- Sri Lanka -- Nepal -- India After Independence -- A Closer Look: Female Leaders of South Asia -- Indian and South Asian Achievements and Shortcomings -- Reading Across Cultures: India and the Global Market. -- Chapter 21. Asia in the Twenty-First Century: Population Growth -- Pollution -- Urbanization -- Economic Growth Rates -- Tradition in Modern Asia -- A Country-by-Country Survey -- The Nation-State in Contemporary Asia -- Index.
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Keywords: Asia -- History