A History of Asia - Softcover

Murphey, Rhoads

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ISBN 10: 032110496X ISBN 13: 9780321104960

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

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Written by a leading scholar, A History of Asia is the only text to cover the area known as Monsoon Asia―India, China, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan―from earliest of times to the present.

Its extensive analysis integrates the complex and diverse political, social, intellectual, and economic histories of this area with an engaging and lively style. Popular because of its scope and coverage, as well as its illustrations, maps, and many boxed primary sources, A History of Asia is a comprehensive, balanced exploration of the 5000-year sweep of Asian history.

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Rhoads Murphey was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Michigan. Professor Murphey completed his doctorate in Far Eastern History and Geography (joint degree) at Harvard University in 1950 and joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1964. He specialized in modern Chinese history, the history of agriculture in Asia, modern Indian history, and geography.

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