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245 12 $aA short history of Asia /$cColin Mason.
250 $aThird edition.
264 1 $aLondon :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $avii, 350 pages :$bmaps ;$c22 cm
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500 $aPrevious edition: 2005.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 337-342) and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction -- pt. I. Before Imperialism -- 2. Prehistory and the first Indian civilizations -- 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 Tang Dynasty in China -- 7. The awakening of Europe and the challenge of Islam -- 8. Flood tide in China : the Song, Mongol and Ming Dynasties -- 9. China : ebb tide -- 10. The three makers of Japan and the Tokugawa Period -- pt. II. The 'White Man's Burden' -- 11. Thedominators and the dominated -- 12. South-east Asia : the European and Chinese impacts -- 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 -- pt. III. The Modern Nations -- 17. The Second World War and the end of empire.
505 0 $a18. South Asia : freedom and poverty -- 19. India -- 20. Pakistan -- 21. Bangladesh -- 22. Afghanistan -- 23. The mountain states : Nepal and Bhutan -- 24. Sri Lanka -- 25. China : two revolutions -- 26. Modern China : the Communist state -- 27. Taiwan : Chinese or not? -- 28. Mongolia -- 29. Indonesia and Timor-Leste -- 30. Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei -- 31. Japan : the Iron Triangle -- 32. Thailand : two hats : the struggle for democracy -- 33. The Philippines : trouble in paradise -- 34. Korea : divided nation -- 35. Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia -- 36. Burma : rule by the gun -- 37. The Asian century?
520 $aThe nations of Asia now make up more than half of the world's population. With increasingly affluent, educated middle classes and vigorous, innovative industries, they are more populous and powerful than ever before, and their influence on the rest of the world is only growing. Colin Mason provides a clear, readable introduction to their history and traditions, from the Stone Age right up to the present day.
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