Islands and Empires : Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia.
Title:
Islands and Empires : Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia.
Author:
Dodge, Ernest S.
ISBN:
9780816655502
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (393 pages)
Series:
Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion
Contents:
Contents -- Part I. The Pacific Islands -- Chapter 1. The Great New Ocean -- Chapter 2. The Claw of the Devil -- Chapter 3. Paradise Found -- Chapter 4. Island Harvests -- Chapter 5. Whalers Ashore -- Chapter 6. Save Thy Brother -- Chapter 7. Ceremonies and Conflicts -- Chapter 8. They Came to Do Good -- Chapter 9. Botany Bay -- Chapter 10. Pakeha and Maori -- Chapter 11. Traders and Blackbirders -- Chapter 12. From Confusion to Colonies -- Chapter 13. Exploitation -- Chapter 14. Change and Life -- Part II. East Asia -- Chapter 15. The Road to Cathay -- Chapter 16. To Cathay by Sea -- Chapter 17. Competitors of Portugal -- Chapter 18. Barbarians All -- Chapter 19. The China Trade -- Chapter 20. Eastern Impact on the West -- Chapter 21. The Revival of China Missions -- Chapter 22. No More the Forbidden Kingdom -- Chapter 23. The Final Impact -- Sources and Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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