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Title: East Asia: A New History (2nd Edition) by Rhoads Murphey ISBN: 0-321-07801-2 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 28 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $68.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: This book needs improvement in some areas
Comment: There are a few weaknesses and factual errors in this book.
1. Index is very weak. Many important concepts are not listed in the index.
2. Too much emphasis on ancient/imperial China but not enough coverage of modern and contemporary East Asia.
3. Organization is puzzling. For instance, such an important historical period as the Northern Expedition is put under the chapter "China and Japan: the Road to War." This is an important period that deserves to have its own chapter.
4. Opinions(?)as facts. On page 349, the following description is given: "Zhang Xueliang and his troops kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek where he was spending a few days at a hot spring resort (with a lady not his wife!) and demanded...." The author has provided no documentation for Chiang's alleged liaison with another woman. Moreover, no other reference to this affair seems to be available in all relevant literature about the Xian Incident and Chiang Kai-shek . Chiang is a controversial figure but this allegation just cannot be supported.
Also stated in the book is the following statement: "The [Chinese] communists were tying down about a million Japanese troops..." during WWII. Considering the total number of Japanese troops in China during that period, this is tantamount to suggesting that the communist guerrillas pretty much single-handedly handled all the Japanese troops whereas the Nationalist troops did nothing. This is factually wrong and cannot be supported by historical facts.
These are just a few examples of the problems associated with this book. Here is hope that future editions will correct some of the aforementioned problems. The author did make an effort to weave all countries and historical periods together, which was challenging. He succeeded in some areas, but failed in some other.
Rating: 5
Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR STUDENTS & CURIOSITY~!!!
Comment: 1ST, I BORROWED THIS BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY AND THE WRITER BLEW MY MIND! THE TEXT IN THIS BOOK IS SUPERB AND HISTORY IS QUITE PRECISE!! SO I DECIDED TO BUY THIS BOOK, AND IT'S STILL AS THRILLING!!! 2ND, IT IS AN EASY TO READ BOOK - - HEY ... THE BOOK IS SO GOOD I BROUGHT AN EXTRA COPIES FOR MY COLLECTION!!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANY OBSERVER AND ADVISOR!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent primer on Asia by a humanist scholar and writer
Comment: Rhoads Murphey's East Asia: A New History covers everything a lay person needs and wants to know about this complex region and culture. This book is a fascinating and easy-to-read summary of Dr. Murphey's 60-year-long living and teaching experience in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other Asian countries. It is an excellent introduction to Asia not just as a textbook but a very useful primer for corporate executives, professionals and even tourists. I've read this book and its various editions ever since 1973 when I first studied with Professor Murphey as a graduate student. Readers will get from this book not just the facts, images, philosophy and poetry of East Asia. You will see the humanity of a great teacher, scholar, writer and romantic who knows how to make Americans understand and appreciate our fellow men and women of this important part of the world. The book never fails to make me smile and re-discover the many simple truths about cultures that we so easily forget.
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Title: Chinese Civilization : A Sourcebook, 2nd Ed by Patricia Buckley Ebrey ISBN: 002908752X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 10 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan (Kodansha Globe) by Ivan Morris, Paul De Angelis ISBN: 1568360290 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: East Asia at the Center by Warren I. Cohen ISBN: 0231101090 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.50 |
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Title: Literature and Integrated Studies: World Literature ISBN: 067329448X Publisher: Prentice Hall (K-12) Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $83.00 |
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Title: Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa by Yukichi Fukuzawa, Eiichi Kiyooka ISBN: 0231083734 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1980 List Price(USD): $28.50 |
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