AsNisbett shows inThe Geography of Thought,people think about -- and even see -- the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China.The ...

East Asia's development experience, at least until its crisis in 1997, has been a source of hope for other countries in the South.

Essentially, 20th century East Asia is re-written into the past, as though China and Japan was always the core of East Asian development. This is not at all how East Asia developed.

Publisher Fact Sheet. Utilizing archaeological, textual, & linguistic evidence, this book highlights the development of the geopolitical East Asia region.

A comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at core issues such as ethnic minorities and groups, population, language, culture and traditional religion.

His is not just a new perspective but also the source of truly unknown information. There is no other voice quite like that of Bruce Cumings.”-Chalmers Johnson, Japan Policy Research Institute

China, red or green -- Countering Japan -- Five ragged islands -- The golden years -- Japan says no -- Asian values -- Apologies and their discontents -- Yasukuni respects -- History's cauldron -- The Ampo mafia -- The rise and retreat of ...

This book seeks to describe how Japan manipulated existing diplomatic channels to ensure national security.

This book provides Western readers for the first time with a uniquely East Asian perspective of Japanese archaeology.

Cohen charts the course of cultural, intellectual, economic, and political developments in East Asia--particularly China and Japan--from the beginning of recorded time to the present day and examines such events as the rise and fall of key ...