After the Empires: The Creation of Novel Political-Cultural Projects in East Asia

by P.W. Preston

The shift to the modern world in East Asia was accomplished in part via the experience of colonial rule as Europeans, Americans and Japanese in the late nineteenth century constructed elaborate colonial empires throughout the region. Local reactions included collaboration, resistance and learning - and the latter fed into locally made nationalisms that fuelled popular revolts against foreign rule. When the system went into crisis with numerous wars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137345675
• ISBN13: 9781137345677
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"