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The East Asian Region. Confucian Heritage and its Modern Adaptation.
Gilbert . Ed(S): Rozman
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Description for The East Asian Region. Confucian Heritage and its Modern Adaptation.
Paperback. Editor(s): Rozman, Gilbert. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPD; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
The contributors to this volume range over 2,000 years of history as they show how Confucian values spread throughout the region in premodern times and how these values were transformed in an age of modernization. The introduction by Gilbert Rozman discusses the special character of East Asia. In Part I Patricia Ebrey analyzes the Confucianization of China; JaHyun Kim Haboush, that of Korea; and Martin Collcutt, the much later diffusion of Confucianism in Japan. In Part II Rozman compares types of Confucianism in nineteenth-century China and Japan and their adaptability in the twentieth century, while Michael Robinson adds an overview ... Read more
The contributors to this volume range over 2,000 years of history as they show how Confucian values spread throughout the region in premodern times and how these values were transformed in an age of modernization. The introduction by Gilbert Rozman discusses the special character of East Asia. In Part I Patricia Ebrey analyzes the Confucianization of China; JaHyun Kim Haboush, that of Korea; and Martin Collcutt, the much later diffusion of Confucianism in Japan. In Part II Rozman compares types of Confucianism in nineteenth-century China and Japan and their adaptability in the twentieth century, while Michael Robinson adds an overview ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691606590
SKU
V9780691606590
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Reviews for The East Asian Region. Confucian Heritage and its Modern Adaptation.
"[An] informative volume of immense sweep ... brimming with ideas... Its call for regional studies is most welcome; one hopes it will be followed by other works as sensitive to the complexities and ambiguities of history and society."
Conrad Schirokauer, The Journal of Asian Studies "A thought-provoking book that repays close study."
Wolf Mendl, Pacific Review "These distinguished essays make a major ... Read more
Conrad Schirokauer, The Journal of Asian Studies "A thought-provoking book that repays close study."
Wolf Mendl, Pacific Review "These distinguished essays make a major ... Read more