East Asia : a cultural, social, and political history / Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Anne Walthall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt.1 The foundations of East Asian civilization in China : China in the bronze age : the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties (ca. 1500-771 B.C.E.) -- Philosophers and warring states during the Eastern Zhou period (770-256 B.C.E.) -- The founding of the bureaucratic empire : Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) -- Political division in China and the spread of Buddhism (200-580) -- The cosmopolitan empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960) -- Pt.2 The emergence of East Asian civilization : Early Korea to 935 -- Early state and society in Japan (to 794) -- China among equals : Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin -- Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180) -- Goryeo Korea (935-1392) -- Kamakura Japan (1180-1333) -- China under Mongol rule (1215-1368) -- Pt.3 Meeting new challenges (1300-1800) : Japan's middle ages (1330-1600) -- The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644) -- Joseon Korea (1392-1800) -- The creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800) -- Edo Japan (1603-1800) -- Pt.4 The age of western imperialism (1800-1900) : China in decline (1800-1900) -- Japan in turmoil (1800-1867) -- Meiji transformation (1868-1900) -- Korea in the turbulent nineteenth century (1800-1895) -- Pt.5 East Asia in the modern world : Rise of modern Japan (1900-1931) -- Modernizing Korea and colonial rule (1896-1945) -- Remaking China (1900-1927) -- Pt.6 Intensified contact and divergent paths : War and aftermath in Japan (1931-1965) -- China under Mao (1949-1976) -- Korea (1945 to the present) -- Contemporary Japan (1965 to the present) -- China since Mao (1976 to the present).