East Asia in the World An Introduction [Hardcover]

From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to East Asia, with an emphasis on the globalizing processes the region is undergoing. After a brief introduction to the study of East Asia, the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of East Asian history and offer an overview of the regions languages, economic development, and global connections. Students are guided through the material with relevant maps, resource boxes, and text boxes that support further independent exploration of the topics at hand.

The second half of the book presents an interdisciplinary portrait of the region through a set of case studies that explore key aspects of the cultural, economic, and political life in specific countries, sometimes holding up a mirror to the region as a whole. Readers will come away from this book with an understanding of current issues that have particular relevance in East Asia as we know it today and of the larger globalizing forces shaping the region and beyond.

About This Book I: Overview 1. Introducing East Asia 2. East Asian Studies: History, Careers, and ResourcesII: Fundamentals 3. Modern East Asia: A History 4. East Asian Languages III: The Global Context 5. East Asian Economies in a Globalizing World 6. Globalization in East Asia 7. Debunking the Myths IIII: Case Studies 8. Introduction to the Case Studies 9. From Flying Pigeons to Fords: Chinas New Car Culture 10. New Media and New Technology in Colonial Korea: Radio 11. Interpreting Minority Experiences of Japans March 2011 Triple Disaster 12. Society and Culture: Confucianism in East Asia Today 13. The Korean Peninsula: Global Dimensions 14. Reading Kimigayo : The Japanese National Anthem in a Time of Postnational Transition 15. Globalization and Deindustrialization inlc,