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Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia
Thomas David Dubois
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Description for Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia
hardcover. Thomas DuBois sets out to explain how religious traditions and philosophies in China and Japan have evolved and intersected. Series: New Approaches to Asian History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 b/w illus. 7 maps 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Religious ideas and actors have shaped Asian cultural practices for millennia and have played a decisive role in charting the course of its history. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas David DuBois sets out to explain how religion has influenced the political, social, and economic transformation of Asia from the fourteenth century to the present. Crossing a broad terrain from Tokyo to Tibet, the book highlights long-term trends and key moments, such as the expulsion of Catholic missionaries from Japan, or the Taiping Rebellion in China, when religion dramatically transformed the political fate of a nation. Contemporary chapters reflect ... Read more
Religious ideas and actors have shaped Asian cultural practices for millennia and have played a decisive role in charting the course of its history. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas David DuBois sets out to explain how religion has influenced the political, social, and economic transformation of Asia from the fourteenth century to the present. Crossing a broad terrain from Tokyo to Tibet, the book highlights long-term trends and key moments, such as the expulsion of Catholic missionaries from Japan, or the Taiping Rebellion in China, when religion dramatically transformed the political fate of a nation. Contemporary chapters reflect ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Approaches to Asian History
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107008090
SKU
V9781107008090
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Ref
99-18
About Thomas David Dubois
Thomas David DuBois is Associate Professor of History at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of Sacred Village: Social Change and Religious Life in Rural North China (2005) and the editor of Casting Faiths: Imperialism and the Transformation of Religion in East and Southeast Asia (2009).
Reviews for Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia
'DuBois provides a fresh look at East Asian history that establishes religion's rightful place therein for a broader audience. His study is highly informative and provides intriguing and insightful details for both specialists and non-specialists.' Thoralf Klein, Journal of Chinese Religions