A new modern history of East Asia. / Volume 1 / / Eckhardt Fuchs, Tokushi Kasahara, Sven Saaler (editors) ; edited by the Trilateral China-Japan-Korea History Textbook Editorial Committee ; Translated by Maya Ileto and Roger Prior.

• Superior document: Eckert. Expertise ; Band 7
• HerausgeberIn: Trilateral China-Japan-Korea History Textbook Editorial Committee,
• TeilnehmendeR: Fuchs, Eckhardt, 1961-; Kasahara, Tokushi, 1944-; Saaler, Sven, 1968-; Ileto, Maya,; Prior, Roger,; Trilateral China-Japan-Korea History Textbook Editorial Committee,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : V&R unipress,, 2017.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Eckert. Expertise ; Band 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (843 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes indexes.

For decades, historians and societal forces have campaigned for rapprochement, reconciliation and dialogue between East Asian nations. This book is a result of these efforts. Debates regarding the interpretation of the modern history of East Asia continue to affect bilateral relations between the states of the region. History education has become a particularly controversial issue in this context. This book's main message is that a common understanding regarding the history of East Asia is possible, even though some differences remain. It is not only a major contribution to reconciliation in the region, but as the first textbook on the history of East Asia written collaboratively by scholars from three East Asian countries, it is also highly recommended for use in an anglophone teaching environment. The authors are a group of historians, teachers and concerned citizens from China, Japan and South Korea.

Table of Contents

Volume 1. The impact of the West and the destabilization of the traditional order in East Asia -- The First Sino-Japanese War and the dissolution of the traditional order in East Asia -- The Russo-Japanese War and the struggle for hegemony in East Asia -- The First World War and the Washington system -- East Asia and Japan's war of aggression -- The formation of the Cold War system and its influence and East Asia -- Transformations in the Cold War system in East Asia -- East Asia after the end of the Cold War. Volume 2. The constitution: the structure of the state and its people -- Urbanization in East Asia: Shanghai, Yokohama, and Busan -- Railroads: modernization, colonial rule, and the lives of ordinary people -- Migration and studying overseas -- Gender and the family: male-female and parent-child relationships -- Education: forging the nation -- The media: creating popular consciousness and popular sentiment -- War and the people: experiences and memories -- Overcoming the past and moving into the future.