Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture Hardcover - 2000
by John Bowman (Editor)
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CONTAINING more information on Asian Culture than any other English-language chronological reference work, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture is the first of its kind: a set of more than thirty chronologies for all the countries of Asia -- East, South, Southeast, and Central -- from the Paleolithic era through 1998. Each entry is clearly dated and, unlike most chronologies found in standard history texts, the entries are complete and detailed enough to provide virtually a sequential history of the vast and rich span of Asian cultures. The contributing writers and editors have ensured the book's usefulness to general readers by identifying individuals and groups, locating places and regions, explaining events and movements, and defining unfamiliar words and concepts.
The thirty-two chronologies on individual countries, in conjunction with a detailed index, allow readers to find specific information quickly and efficiently, whether they seek the date for the invention of the iron plow or gunpowder, the fall of the Han Dynasty in China, or Ho Chi Minh's declarations of Vietnamese independence. This invaluable reference culminates with three appendices: "National/Independence Days", "Scientific-Technological Achievements in Asia", and "Asian History: A Chronological Overview", which provides an accessible summary of key events and developments in various fields of activity throughout the continent.
The Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture features:-- three discrete chronologies on (1) Politics/History, (2) Art/Culture/Religion, and (3) Science/Economics/Everyday Life for each of Asia's three major cultures -- China, India, and Japan -- as well as acombined chronology for each of the other nations; -- detailed entries of thousands of historical events as well as important milestones in religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts;
-- entries on technological developments and natural events (famines, floods, etc.) affecting the lives of ordinary people; and-- authoritative and accessible entries edited by a team of Asian scholars from Columbia, Harvard, and other major research universities.
Beyond its detailed accounting of Asia's political history, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture also gives full recognition to religious, intellectual, artistic, and general cultural achievements, as well as to scientific, technological, industrial, agricultural, and economic developments. Concise yet complete, it will stand as an indispensable reference work in the field of Asian studies.
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- Title Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture
- Author John Bowman (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 776
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
- Date 2000-08
- ISBN 9780231110044 / 0231110049
- Weight 3.48 lbs (1.58 kg)
- Dimensions 10.22 x 7.29 x 2.2 in (25.96 x 18.52 x 5.59 cm)
- Reading level 1130
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Asia - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99047017
- Dewey Decimal Code 950
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Citations
- American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2002, Page 202
- Booklist, 02/01/2001, Page 1068
- Choice, 04/01/2001, Page 1446
- Library Journal, 11/01/2000, Page 66
- Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr, 01/01/2002, Page 89
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2000, Page 28
- Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2001, Page 87
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