Islands and Empires: Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia (Volume 7) (Europe and the World in Age of Expansion) - Softcover

Dodge, Ernest S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816608539 ISBN 13: 9780816608539

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1976

Synopsis

Islands and Empires was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

This is the first one-volume account of the massive impact of Western civilization on the Pacific Islands and the Far East, principally China and Japan. The effects on the two areas were very different since, in the case of the islands, contact was with peoples who were still in the Stone Age, while in the Far East Westerners came up against sophisticated civilizations more ancient and mature than their own. Because of these differences, the book is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the Pacific Islands and the second with the East Asian mainland. Reverse influences—those of the Eastern cultures on the West—are also discussed.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.

About the Author:

Ernest Dodge was Director of the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0816608539
• ISBN 13: 9780816608539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396