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010			_a 2005050865
020			_a1403936110 (hbk.)
020			_a1403936129 (pbk.)
020			_a9781403936110 (hbk.)
020			_a9781403936127 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm60644889
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082	0	0	_a950
100	1		_aMason, Colin,
245	1	2	_aA short history of Asia (E-Book) _cColin Mason.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; _aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2005.
300			_aviii, 318 p. : _bill., maps ; _c23 cm.
505			_a1 Introduction 1 Part I Before Imperialism 2 Prehistory and the First Indian Civilizations 13 3 The Development of Indian Culture: Hinduism and Buddhism 22 4 Early South-east Asia: the Ships from India 33 5 China: the Eternal Nation 45 6 Early Japan and the Tang Dynasty in China 61 7 The Awakening of Europe and the Challenge of Islam 72 8 Flood Tide in China: the Song, Mongol and Ming Dynasties 77 9 China: Ebb Tide 88 10 The Three Makers of Japan and the Tokugawa Period 97 Part II The ‘White Man’s Burden’ 11 The Dominators and the Dominated 111 12 South-east Asia: the European and Chinese Incursions and the Later History of the Mainland Peoples 117 13 The Malay World: Majapahit and Malacca 129 14 Indonesia: the Last Independent Kingdoms and the Extension of Dutch Rule 134 15 India under Two Masters: the Grand Moguls and the East India Company 143 16 Gandhi’s India: the Struggle for Liberty 156
651		0	_aAsia _xHistory.
856	4	1	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2005050865-b.html
856	4	1	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2005050865-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050865-t.html
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