A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations

Author: Conrad Schirokauer
ISBN: 9780155055698

A brief introductory text that emphasises cultural history while also covering political and economic history. Chapters are brief and each major Chinese dynasty, Japanese Shogunate, or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. Chapters or groups of chapters on China or Japan alternate. Encounters with the West, beginning in the 16th and expanding greatly in the 19th century, are extensively covered.

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publish Date: 1989

Subjects: History / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Asia (ASIA))