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A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations Paperback – 15 December 2011

by Conrad Schirokauer (Author), Miranda Brown (Author)
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This compelling text explores the development of China and Japan through their art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through their economic, political, and social history. The author team combines strong research with extensive classroom teaching experience to offer a clear, consistent, and highly readable text that is accessible to students with no previous knowledge of the history of East Asia.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0495913227
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0495913221
  3. Edition
    4th
  4. Publisher
    Wadsworth ISE
  5. Publication date
    15 December 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    15.88 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
  8. Print length
    736 pages
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Conrad Schirokauer currently serves as Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University as well as Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York. In addition to A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE CIVILIZATIONS (and its separate volumes on China and Japan), he has published articles on Song intellectual history and served as co-editor (with Robert Hymes) of ORDERING THE WORLD: APPROACHES TO STATE AND SOCIETY IN SUNG DYNASTY CHINA and as translator of CHINA'S EXAMINATION HELL, by Miyazaki Ichisada.

Miranda Brown received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the Department of History, University of California, Berkeley. She is Associate Professor of Asian Languages & Cultures in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her research and publications span the fields of early Chinese cultural and social history and the history of medicine.

David Lurie received a B.A. in Literature from Harvard University and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Japanese Literature from Columbia University. He teaches Japanese history and literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. His research concerns the history of writing systems in Japan, and more broadly, in pre-modern East Asia. David Lurie also works on the cultural and intellectual history of Japan through the Heian period. He is currently completing a manuscript entitled "Realms of Literacy: Early Japan and the History of Writing" and is also working on a project analyzing the interconnections among biography, historiography, education, and the production and circulation of texts in Nara and Heian period Japan.

Suzanne Gay is Professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College. Her research interests include the social and economic history of medieval Japan, with a particular emphasis on the role of commoners in history. Her monography, THE MONEYLENDERS OF LATE MEDIEVAL KYOTO, was published by University of Hawaii Press in 2001. She is currently working on the history of two merchant families of medieval Kyoto, and her next project will focus on commerce and pilgrimage in the Oyamazaki area southwest of Kyoto.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wadsworth ISE; 4th edition (15 December 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 736 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0495913227
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0495913221
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
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Megan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great textbook!
Reviewed in the United States on 20 March 2015
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I used this for a university class and really liked it as a textbook! It seemed thorough in its different topics/chapters and was easy to follow and navigate.
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N Hill
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on 2 March 2013
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Excellent source for a history class or anyone that wants to know about Japanese This book was easy to read
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Claudia
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on 27 May 2011
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Interesting text book. I didn't find it boring at all. If you're into East Asian history, this book can help a lot with the Chinese and Japanese portion of history, at least briefly.
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jintoki
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent textbook
Reviewed in the United States on 27 October 2015
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Informative and clear for a textbook that covers the main points of two different countries and their long history.
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Cactus
4.0 out of 5 stars Gives you the gist of East Asian history
Reviewed in the United States on 17 January 2016
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This was a required textbook to read in my East Asian history class. I would say that for a class at the 200 level in undergrad, this book was definitely appropriate. The information is well organized, and the color images are crisp and a good supplement to the written content that accompanies them. Plus, after using this book for my class, I had an adequate understanding of major historical events and eras in Chinese and Japanese history, enough to be comfortable engaging in discussions with others who were interested in the subject.

It’s too bad that the book focuses on Japan and China for the most part, largely ignoring the other nations that were a part of East Asian history. Sure, Japan and China are integral, but let’s not overlook the importance of Korea, Mongolia post-Mongol empire, and other distinctive cultural groups.
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