Eastern Asia is the most current and comprehensive survey of East Asian history and politics available on the market. It is a reliable, coherent and interesting survey of the history of East and South East Asia from the sixteenth century to the present.
It also offers a broad overview and summary of key cultural, political, economic and religious practices and influences in six Asian nations: China, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Vietnam and Thailand. The last two chapters present an Australian perspective, as they are devoted to Australia's relations with, and perceptions of Asia. This text contains a first class list of contributors, many of who are regarded as authorities in their field of research and teaching.
1. Introduction, Colin Mackerras.
2. The Concept of Eastern Asia, Paul Evans.
3. The Physical and Etnic Geography of East and Southeast Asia, Lawrence Crissman.
4. Basic Social Structures and Family Systems, Reiko Atsumi.
5. Relgious Traditions in Asia, Julia Howell & David Schak.
6. Literature and The Arts, Colin Mackerras & Robert Cribb.
7. Administration and Rebellion in East Asia, Colin Mackerras.
8. Political Patterns in Southeast Asia, Martin Sutart-Fox.
9. Interstate Relations in Traditional Asia, Colin Mackerras & Amarjit Kaur.
III. ASIAN RESPONSES TO THE WESTERN CHALLENGE -- SIXTEENTH TO MID-TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
10. Imperialism in Asia: A Comparative Perspective, Robert Cribb.
11. Mercantilists and Missionaries: Impact and Accomodation, Nicholas Tarling.
12. Free-Trade Commercialism: Tradition Under Pressure, Nicholas Tarling.
13. Intensive Capitalism: the Dominiation of Asian Societies, Nicholas Tarling.
14. Chinese Nationalism in the Twentieth Century, Edmund Fung.
15. Japanese Nationalism From Meiji to 1937, Tessa Morris-Suzuki.
16. The Nature and Causes of Revolution in Asia, Martin Stuart-Fox.
17. The Chinese Revolutions, Edmund Fung.
18. The Indonesian Revolution, Robert Cribb.
19. Indochina to 1954, Martin Stuart-Fox.
20. Korea to 1950, Colin Mackerras.
IV. ASIA SINCE THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY.
21. The Cold War in Asia and the Korean Conflict, Russell Trood.
22. The Continuing Struggle in Indochina, Glen St John Barclay.
23. The Challenges of Independence, Colin Brown.
24. Southeast Aisa: The Search for Political Form, Peter Wicks.
25. Revolution and Reform in China, Colin Mackerras.
26. Sukarno tto Suharto, Colin Brown.
27. Japanese Politics, Javed Maswood.
28. The Japanese Model of Economic Growth, Tessa Morris-Suziki.
29. East Asia: Before and After the Crisis of the Late 1990s, Iyantul Islam.
30. Socialist Economies, Pradeep Taneja.
31. Thailand and Indonesia: The Transformation of the Bureacratic Polity, Anek Laothamatas & Andrew MacIntyre.
32. The Case of Malaysia, Amarjit Kaur.
33. The Prospects for Regional Economic Integration, Glen St John Barclay.
34. Family Change in Postwar Japan and China, Colin Mackerras & Reiko Atsumi.
35. Population: Growth and Mobility, James Coughlan.
36. The Role of Religious in Modernizing Asia, Julia Howell & David Schak.
37. Cultures Under Pressure, Colin Mackerras & robert Cribb.
38. Ecology and Environment in Asia, Robert Cribb.
39. Security and Political relations in Asia After World War II, Russell Trood.
40. Regional Institutions, Regional Identities, Paul Evans.
41. The Agony of Cambodia, Martin Stuart-Fox.
42. Bilateralism and Multiculturalism in Eastern Asian Security, Amitay Acharya.
V. THE AUSTRALIAN CONNECTION.
43. Australia's Relations with Asia, Peter Wicks.
44. Australian Images of Asia, John Ingelson.