Author: Wm. Theodore de Bary
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: asian, asia, introduction, premodern, civilizations, vol, east, tradition, sources
Number of Pages: 1120
Published: 2008-06-20
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0231143052
ISBN-13: 9780231143059

In Sources of East Asian Tradition, Wm. Theodore de Bary offers a selection of essential readings from his immensely popular anthologies Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Korean Tradition, and Sources of Japanese Tradition so readers can experience a concise but no less comprehensive portrait of the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of East Asia. Volume 1 samples writings from the earliest times to 1600, illuminating life in early China and the first imperial age, as well as the profound impact of Daoism, Buddhism, the Confucian revival, and Neo-Confucianism; the origin

Author: Wm. Theodore de Bary
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: introduction, asian, civilizations, part, abridged, japanese, tradition, sources
Number of Pages: 648
Published: 2006-09-06
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0231139179
ISBN-13: 9780231139175

For almost fifty years, Sources of Japanese Tradition has been the single most valuable collection of English-language readings on Japan. Unrivalled in its wide selection of source materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, the two-volume textbook is a crucial resource for students, scholars, and readers seeking an introduction to Japanese civilization. Originally published in a single hardcover book, Volume 2 is now available as an abridged, two-part paperback. Part 1 covers the Tokugawa period to 1868, including texts that address the spread of neo-Confuci

Author: Wm. Theodore de de Bary
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: asian, period, introduction, modern, civilizations, vol, east, tradition, sources
Number of Pages: 1192
Published: 2008-07-28
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0231143230
ISBN-13: 9780231143233

In Sources of East Asian Tradition, Wm. Theodore de Bary offers a selection of essential readings from his immensely popular anthologies Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Korean Tradition, and Sources of Japanese Tradition so readers can experience a concise but no less comprehensive portrait of the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of East Asia. Volume 2 covers major events from 1600 to the present, including the initial contact of China, Korea, and Japan with the West; nineteenth- and twentieth-century reform movements in China, along with the Nationalist and Communis

Author: Wm. Theodore de Bary
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: education, global, tradition, confucian
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-04
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0231141203
ISBN-13: 9780231141208

Drawn from a series of lectures that Wm. Theodore de Bary delivered in honor of the Chinese philosopher Tang Junyi, Confucian Tradition and Global Education is a unique synthesis of essay and debate concerning the future of Chinese education and the potential political uses of Confucianism in the contemporary world. Rapid modernization and the rise of English as a global language increasingly threaten East Asia’s cultural diversity and long-standing Confucian traditions. De Bary argues that keeping Confucianism alive in China is not only a matter of "Chinese identity," but also a critic

Author: Wm. Theodore de Bary
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: introduction, asian, civilizations, part, abridged, japanese, tradition, sources
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2006-09-06
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0231139195
ISBN-13: 9780231139199

For almost fifty years, Sources of Japanese Tradition has been the single most valuable collection of English-language readings on Japan. Unrivalled in its wide selection of source materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, the two-volume textbook is a crucial resource for students, scholars, and readers seeking an introduction to Japanese civilization. Originally published in a single hardcover book, Volume 2 is now available as an abridged, two-part paperback. Part 1 covers the Tokugawa period to 1868, including texts that address the spread of neo-Confuci

Author: William Theodore de Bary
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: japan, china, india, tradition, buddhist
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1972-02-12
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0394716965
ISBN-13: 9780394716961

Authors:Wm. Theodore de Bary, Richard Lufrano,
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: vol, tradition, chinese, sources
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 2001-03-15
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0231112718
ISBN-13: 9780231112710

For four decades Sources of Chinese Tradition has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic writings and historical documents of the Chinese themselves. Now in its second edition, revised and extended through Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin­era China, this classic volume remains unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history, society, and thought in the world´s largest nation. Award-winning China scholar Wm. Theodore de Bary -who edited the first edition in 1960 -and his coeditor Richard Lufrano have revised and updated the se