From zips to ships, from hi-fi to steel, from cameras to cars, from optics to motorbikes, hardly a day goes by without yet another European industry throwing in the sponge, unable to compete with Japan. What are the reasons? Are the Europeans lazy and ignorant of Japan, while the Japanese are industrious and well-informed about Europe? Or are the Japanese operating with unfair advantage? Wilkinson examines the rights and wrongs on both sides and concludes with a series of practical proposals for increasing understanding as well as improving relations between Europe and Japan.

Japan versus the West: Image and Reality

Wilkinson, Endymion

Business & Money

Penguin??Books

Chinese History: A Manual, Revised and Enlarged

Since publication of the first edition in 1998, Chinese History: A Manual has become an indispensable guide to researching the civilization and history of China. Updated through January 2000, the second edition discusses some 4,300 primary, secondary, and reference works, an increase of 1,500 titles over the first edition. The temporal coverage has been expanded to include the Republican period; sections on nonverbal salutations, weights and measures, money, and furniture have been added; the chapters on language, etymology, people, geography, chronology, warfare, leishu, food, and the Chinese world order have been thoroughly revised; and the subject index has been enlarged to include 2,500 technical terms.

History

Asia

Harvard University Asia Center

Chinese History: A New Manual (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Endymion Wilkinson’s bestselling manual of Chinese history has long been an indispensable guide to all those interested in the civilization and history of China. The hugely enlarged third edition won the Stanislas Julien Prize for 2014. In the fourth edition the entire work has been corrected and updated and many sections rewritten.
Fifteen years in the making, Chinese History introduces students to different types of transmitted, excavated, and artifactual sources from prehistory to the twenty-first century. It also examines the context in which the sources were produced, preserved, and received, the problems of research and interpretation associated with them, and the best, most up-to-date secondary works. Because history has always played a central role in Chinese politics and culture, special attention is devoted to the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese historiography.
Chinese History comprises fourteen book-length parts subdivided into a total of seventy-six chapters: Books 1–9 cover Language; People; Geography and the Environment; Governing and Educating; Ideas and Beliefs, Literature, and the Fine Arts; Agriculture, Food, and Drink; Technology and Science; Trade; and Historiography. Books 10–13 present primary and secondary sources chronologically by period. Book 14 is on historical bibliography. Electronic resources are covered throughout.

Chinese History: A New Manual, Fourth Edition (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Chinese History: A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition), Volume 1 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

The sixth edition of Chinese History: A New Manual, revised and expanded to two volumes, includes the latest developments in digital tools and the ancillary disciplines essential for work on Chinese history. Volume 1 covers topics ranging from Language to Technology. Volume 2 presents primary and secondary sources chronologically by period.

Chinese History: A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition), Volume 2 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

This is one of the most comprehensive introductions in English to Sino-logical methods and traditional Chinese historical writing. The time span ranges from earliest times to 1911, with special emphasis on the years between the third century BC and the 18th century. The author includes introductions to major reference works and biographical information, and explanations of such matters as converting traditional dates. In addition to standard histories, the survey covers biographical writing, historical and administrative geography, works on statecraft, archival sources, and Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist writings.

History of Imperial China

Harvard University Press

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Japan versus the West: Image and Reality

Chinese History: A Manual, Revised and Enlarged

Chinese History: A Manual, Revised and Enlarged

Chinese History: A New Manual (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Chinese History: A New Manual, Fourth Edition (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Chinese History: A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition), Volume 1 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Chinese History: A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition), Volume 2 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Chinese History: A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition), Volume 2 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Chinese History: A New Manual, Enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition), Volume 1 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

History of Imperial China