Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 294 pages)
ISBN:
9781315227993
,
9781351854788
Inhalt:
Maps of East Asia -- Complex change and the logics of forms-of-life -- Argument making in social science -- Substantive theoretical traditions -- Livelihood investigated -- The shift to the modern world in East Asia -- Colonialism and modernity : the overall trajectory -- Colonialism and modernity : disentangling the issues -- Successor elites and the pursuit of national development -- The dissolution of state-empires -- The formation of successor elites -- Power, authority and dissent -- Development issues faced -- East Asia in the changing global system -- The region in overview -- Globalization and the end of history -- East Asia : success and its costs -- Elite projects and post-colonial goals -- States, masses and the idea of democracy -- Collective memory and national pasts -- Performance and problems -- Afterword -- Annex 1: Population and gdp -- Annex 2: Health and education -- Annex 3: Rural and urban employment -- Annex 4: Military expenditures -- Annex 5: List of films on China -- Annex 6: List of films on East Asia -- Annex 7: Images: commentary and permissions -- Bibliography.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415424370
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415424882
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415424370
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781315227993
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