Author: Edwin O. Reischauer, John K. FairbankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
East Asia The Great Tradition
Author: Edwin O. Reischauer, John K. FairbankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
East Asia : the Great Tradition
Author: Albert M. CraigPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780395050927
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period
Author: Wm. Theodore De BaryPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231143233
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
"Wm. Theodore de Bary offers a selection of essential readings from his immensely popular anthologies Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Korean Tradition, and Sources of Japanese Tradition so readers can experience a concise but no less comprehensive portrait of the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of East Asia."--
East Asiä the Modern Transformation
Author: John King FairbankEast Asia: The Great Tradition
Author: Edwin Oldfather ReischauerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
History of China, Japan and Korea from early times to the first half of the 19th century.
Asian Cultural Traditions
Author: Carolyn Brown HeinzPublisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 1478637641
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
The Second Edition of Asian Cultural Traditions expands our understanding of the bewildering diversity that has existed and continues to exist in the cultures of South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. In a single volume, the authors pull together some of the major cultural strands by which people in Asian societies have organized their collective life and made their lives meaningful. With new sections on Central Asia, Islam, Korea, and Insular Southeast Asia, this first survey of its kind draws on multiple disciplines to contextualize the interplay of culture, historical events, language, and geography to promote better understanding of a realm often misunderstood by Westerners. The skillful synthesis of a vast amount of information, boxed items featuring popular culture or current events, abundant in-text illustrations, and vivid color plates make Asian Cultural Traditions, 2/E an outstanding introduction to Asian cultures. The Second Edition welcomes the editorial collaboration of Jeremy Murray and is sure to have continued broad classroom appeal.
The Great Tradition and Its Legacy
Author: Michael CherlinPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571814036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This volume not only offers an overview of the theatrical history of the region, it is also a cross-disciplinary attempt to analyse the inner workings and dynamics of theater through a discussion of the interplay between society, the audience, and performing artists."--Jacket.
A history of East Asian civilization: East Asia, the great tradition, by Edwin O. Reischauer and John K. Fairbank.- v.2. East Asia, the modern transformation, by John K. Fairbank, Edwin O. Reischauer and Albert M. Craig
Author: Edwin Oldfather ReischauerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Textiles of Southeast Asia
Author: Robyn MaxwellPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9780804844406
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Textiles provide a visual history of a country's culture and crafting traditions in a way few other things can accomplish. In Textiles of Southeast Asia, Dr. Robyn Maxwell provides the definitive work on Southeast Asian textiles. Traditional textiles are one of the most widely collected and important categories of Southeast Asian art. Using an extensive range of locally produced raw materials and an astonishing array of techniques—including applique, weaving, batik and embroidery—the textiles of Southeast Asia are astonishing in their versatility and originality. Textiles are used to fashion everything from everyday clothing to sacred and ceremonial costumes, shrouds and wrapping cloths, hangings, banners and ritual regalia—all of which are represented and explained in Textiles of Southeast Asia. This authoritative text focuses on the changing relationship between indigenous Southeast Asian traditions and the outside influences continuing to be brought to the area, which change the nature of the region's textile traditions. This book considers the various ways Southeast Asian textile artisans reacted over the centuries to the steady stream of new and powerful ideas and raw materials arriving from India, China, the Islamic world and Europe. A detailed and definitive resource, Textiles of Southeast Asia is a welcome addition to the field of textiles.
The World's Religions
Author: Peter B. ClarkePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1135211000
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. It considers the role of migration in the spread of religions by examining the issues raised for modern societies by the increasing interaction of different religions. The volume also addresses such central questions as the dynamics of religious innovation which is evidenced in the rise and impact of new religious and new spirituality movements in every continent.