Theo Todman's Book Collection (Book-Paper Abstracts)

Contents

Preface
The Pronunciation of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
1. The Setting of East Asian History – 1
   The Objectives of this Study / Land, Peoples, and Languages / China’s Geographical Setting / China’s Traditional Economy and Society
2. Early China: The Birth of a Civilization – 17
   The Archaeological Record / Early Chinese Traditions / The Chinese Writing System / Shang Culture / The Early Chou
3. Classic China: The Golden Age of Chinese Thought – 33
   The Later Chou / The Age of the Philosophers and the Classics / Confucianism and Taoism / Other Philosophic Schools
4. The First Chinese Empire: The Ch’in and Han Dynasties – 55
   Ch’in Creates the Empire / Han Receives the Mandate / Han Thought and Scholarship / The Dynastic Cycle / The Later Han / The End of the First Chinese Empire
5. The Regeneration of the Empire – 83
   The Challenge to the Chinese System / The Coming of Buddhism / The "Barbarians” Restore the Empire / The Sui and T’ang Dynasties / The Revival of Centralized Rule / The Absorption of Buddhism / The Growth of Chinese Culture
6. The Late T’ang and Sung: The Flowering of Chinese Culture – 116
   The Transition from Classic to Early Modern China / The Late T’ang / The Sung Dynasty / The Commercial Revolution / Society and Culture / Neo-Confucianism
7. China and the "Barbarians”: The Mongol Empire – 152
   The Society of the Steppe / The Mongol Empire / China under Mongol Rule
8. State and Society under the Ming – 177
   Chinese "Culturalism” / Government under the Ming / Society and Culture under the Ming / Foreign Relations / The Ming Economy / The End of Ming Rule
9. Traditional China at Its Height under the Ch’ing – 211
   The Rise of the Manchu Dynasty / Ch’ing Rule over China / Culture in Late Imperial China / The Beginning of Dynastic Decline / Early Western Contact
10. Vietnam: A Variant of the Chinese Pattern – 258
    The Sphere of Chinese Civilization / Early Development of Vietnam / The Chinese Pattern Challenged and Reaffirmed
11. Early Korea: The Emergence of a Chinese Type of State – 277
    The Beginnings of Korean History / The Three Kingdoms / The Silla Period Early Koryo / Later Koryo
12. Yi Dynasty Korea: A Model Confucian Society – 300
    The Perfected Chinese Pattern / Society and Culture / Political Disruption / The Later Years of Yi Rule
13. Early Japan: The Absorption of Chinese Civilization – 324
    The Land and People / Ancient Japanese Society / The Adoption of the Chinese Pattern / The Nara Period / The Modification of the Chinese Pattern / The Culture of the Fujiwara Period
14. Feudal Japan: A Departure from the Chinese Pattern – 358
    The Rise of the Provincial Warrior Class / The Kamakura Period / Early Feudal Culture / The Ashikaga Period / High Feudal Society
15. Tokugawa Japan: A Centralized Feudal State – 392
    Political Reunification / The Tokugawa Shogunate / Social and Economic Development / Tokugawa Culture / The Erosion of the Tokugawa System
16. Invasion and Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century China – 435
    Traditional China’s Resistance to Change / Scholarship and Thought / The Collapse of the Canton System / The Opium War / Western Influence Through the Early Treaty Ports / The Rise of Rebellion / Final Establishment of the Treaty System / The Restoration of the Ch’ing Government
17. Japan’s Response to the West – 484
    The Impact of the West / Political Ferment in Japan / The Resort to Military Force / The Creation of the New Government / Consolidating the New Regime
18. Modernization in Meiji Japan – 513
    Economic Development / The Transformation of Society / The Creation of the Constitution / The Early Years of Constitutional / Government / The Fulfillment of the Meiji Dream
19. China’s Response to the West – 558
    Early Westernization in Self-Defense / The Restoration of Confucian Government / The Reaction to Christian Missions / Economic Developments under the Treaty System / The Difficulties of Early Industrialization / The Slow Progress of Modernization
20. Imperialist Encroachments on China, Vietnam, and Korea – 597
    Foreign Aggression on China’s Periphery / Vietnam’s Absorption by France Korea’s Response to the Outside World
21. The Heyday of Imperialism in China – 619
    Power Politics Over China / The Reform Movement / The Boxer Rising / Imperialism and the Chinese Response
22. Imperial Japan: Economy and Society – 648
    The Maturing of the Economy / Social Change / Currents of Thought
23. Imperial Japan: Democracy and Militarism – 682
    The Growth of Parliamentary’ Influence Taisho Democracy / The Rise of Militarism Japan at War
24. China: From Monarchy to Warlordism – 726
    The Late Ch’ing Reforms / The Revolution of 1911 / The Republic’s Decline into Warlordism
25. The Rise and Decline of Nationalist China – 763
    The Revolution in Thought and Culture / The Background of the Nationalist Revolution / The Kuomintang’s Rise to Power / The Decade of the Nanking Government / Japan’s Aggression in China
26. The New Japan – 808
    World War II in East Asia / The Occupation of Japan / The Economy and Society / Politics
27. Vietnam and Korea: Colonialism and Nationalism – 862
    Colonialism in East Asia / Nationalism and Communism in Vietnam / Japanese Colonialism in Taiwan and Korea / Korea since World War II
28. The People’s Republic in China – 887
    The Emergence of Maoism / Founding the People’s Republic / The Struggle Toward Socialism / The Cultural Revolution and After
29. Illustration Acknowledgments – 929
    Index – 933