A short history of Asia (E-Book)
Colin Mason.
- 2nd ed.
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- viii, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
1 Introduction 1 Part I Before Imperialism 2 Prehistory and the First Indian Civilizations 13 3 The Development of Indian Culture: Hinduism and Buddhism 22 4 Early South-east Asia: the Ships from India 33 5 China: the Eternal Nation 45 6 Early Japan and the Tang Dynasty in China 61 7 The Awakening of Europe and the Challenge of Islam 72 8 Flood Tide in China: the Song, Mongol and Ming Dynasties 77 9 China: Ebb Tide 88 10 The Three Makers of Japan and the Tokugawa Period 97 Part II The ‘White Man’s Burden’ 11 The Dominators and the Dominated 111 12 South-east Asia: the European and Chinese Incursions and the Later History of the Mainland Peoples 117 13 The Malay World: Majapahit and Malacca 129 14 Indonesia: the Last Independent Kingdoms and the Extension of Dutch Rule 134 15 India under Two Masters: the Grand Moguls and the East India Company 143 16 Gandhi’s India: the Struggle for Liberty 156