A short history of Asia / Colin Mason.
A short history of Asia / Colin Mason.
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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Date
2014.
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G 2014/4484
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English
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vii, 350 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.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 D...
Contents note continued: 18.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 -- 2...
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Publisher
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition
Third edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2014.
2014.
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Summary
The 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 an...
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A short history of Asia / Colin Mason.
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Previous edition: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/4484
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ISBN
1137340592 (hardback)
9781137340603 (paperback)
1137340606 (paperback)
9781137340597 (hardback)
DDC
950
MMS ID
991021977299702626
