The Writing on the Wall How Asian Orthography Curbs Creativity William C. Hannas "This well-written, well-documented book convincingly argues that there is a 'creativity gap' between East Asian countries and the West."--Choice Students in Japan, China, and Korea are among the world's top performers on standardized math and science tests. The nations of East Asia are also leading manufacturers of consumer goods that incorporate scientific breakthroughs in telecommunications, optics, and transportation. Yet there is a startling phenomenon known throughout Asia as the "creativity...
The Writing on the Wall How Asian Orthography Curbs Creativity William C. Hannas "This well-written, well-documented book convincingly argues that the...
Japan and China did not begin to emerge as unified political entities until the nineteenth century. Yet scholars and politicians persistently refer to "Japan" and "China" in discussions of earlier periods, as if the modern nation-state had long been established in these regions. Joshua Fogel here brings together essays by eight renowned East Asian scholars to demonstrate why this oversight distorts our historical analysis and understanding of both countries. The nation-states of Japan and China developed much later and, indeed, far less uniformly than usually conveyed in popular myth and...
Japan and China did not begin to emerge as unified political entities until the nineteenth century. Yet scholars and politicians persistently refer to...
Asian Medicine and Globalization Edited by Joseph S. Alter "An important collection of studies on a significant group of topics. . . . It deserves to be widely read."--Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Medical systems function in specific cultural contexts. It is common to speak of the medicine of China, Japan, India, and other nation-states. Yet almost all formalized medical systems claim universal applicability and, thus, are ready to cross the cultural boundaries that contain them. There is a critical tension, in theory and practice, in the ways regional medical systems...
Asian Medicine and Globalization Edited by Joseph S. Alter "An important collection of studies on a significant group of topics. . . . It deserves to ...
China in the Early Bronze Age Shang Civilization Robert L. Thorp "Thorp has packed a massive amount of information in a concise and easily accessible way into well organized chapters. . . . This book is clearly the result of many years of intensive research but appears to the reader to be an effortless achievement."--Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies One of the great breakthroughs in Chinese studies in the early twentieth century was the archaeological identification of the earliest, fully historical dynasty of kings, the Shang (ca. 1300-1050 B.C.E.). The last...
China in the Early Bronze Age Shang Civilization Robert L. Thorp "Thorp has packed a massive amount of information in a concise and easily accessible ...
Manchuria Under Japanese Dominion Shin'ichi Yamamuro. Translated by Joshua A. Fogel "Long-awaited . . . well done . . . elegant . . . timely."--Journal of Japanese Studies From 1932 until the end of World War II, the Japanese established and maintained by bloody rule a puppet regime in the Chinese region of Manchuria. This region was composed of three northern provinces in China; the puppet ruler was the last Chinese Emperor, Pu Yi, and this rich industrial region was clearly coveted and managed by the Japanese as a critical element in their imperial dominion. Yamamuro Shin'ichi's...
Manchuria Under Japanese Dominion Shin'ichi Yamamuro. Translated by Joshua A. Fogel "Long-awaited . . . well done . . . elegant . . . timely."--Jou...
The Prehistory of the Silk Road E. E. Kuzmina Edited by Victor H. Mair "A major advance in the field of the early history and archaeology of central Asia."--Nicola Di Cosmo, Institute for Advanced Study In ancient and medieval times, the Silk Road was of great importance to the transport of peoples, goods, and ideas between the East and the West. A vast network of trade routes, it connected the diverse geographies and populations of China, the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, India, Western Asia, and Europe. Although its main use was for importing silk from China, traders moving in the opposite...
The Prehistory of the Silk Road E. E. Kuzmina Edited by Victor H. Mair "A major advance in the field of the early history and archaeology of central A...
Ethnic Identity in Tang China is the first work in any language to explore comprehensively the construction of ethnicity during the dynasty that reigned over China for roughly three centuries, from 618 to 907. Often viewed as one of the most cosmopolitan regimes in China's past, the Tang had roots in Inner Asia, and its rulers continued to have complex relationships with a population that included Turks, Tibetans, Japanese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Persians, and Arabs. Marc S. Abramson's rich portrait of this complex, multiethnic empire draws on political writings, religious texts,...
Ethnic Identity in Tang China is the first work in any language to explore comprehensively the construction of ethnicity during the dynasty tha...
Since 2005, a series of significant developments has been unfolding in the area of the Tongking Gulf under the rubric of an ambitious project called "Two Corridors and One Rim." Proposed by Vietnam in 2004 and enthusiastically embraced by China, the project is designed to link their shared shores and hinterlands by superhighways and high-speed rail. An area that had seemed a backwater for two hundred years has suddenly become a dynamic engine of growth.
Yet how innovative are these developments? Drawing on fresh historical insights and recent archaeological research in northern...
Since 2005, a series of significant developments has been unfolding in the area of the Tongking Gulf under the rubric of an ambitious project calle...
In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early Middle Ages was centered in the north and featured a significantly multicultural society. Many events that were profoundly formative for the future of East Asian civilization occurred during this period, although much of this multiculturalism has long been obscured due to the Confucian monopoly of written records. "Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages" endeavors to expose a number of long-hidden non-Sinitic characteristics and...
In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early...
Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road Johan Elverskog Winner of the 2011 Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion from the American Academy of Religion Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2010 "Johan Elverskog is exceedingly well read in the relevant literature, and his book is fascinating and thought-provoking."--TLS " Elverskog] challenges deeply ingrained misperceptions about the historical relationship between Buddhism and Islam, and more importantly challenges us to rethink more broadly many of our assumptions about cultural...
Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road Johan Elverskog Winner of the 2011 Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion from the American Acad...
