USEFUL LINKS FOR EAST ASIAN HISTORY
General East Asia Sources
Textbooks in Penrose Library: Fairbank, Reischauer & Craig. East Asia: tradition and
transformation
Schirokauer, Conrad. Modern China and Japan : a brief history.
Gordon, Andrew. The Modern History of Japan.
Pyle, Kenneth. The Making of Modern Japan.
Schoppa, R. Keith. Revolution and Its Past: Identities and Change in Modern Chinese History
Eckert, Carter, et al. Korea,
old and new : a history.
for Vietnam see various books by William J. Duiker
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL MAP OF ASIA at University of Texas
CONTEMPORARY PHYSICAL MAP OF ASIA at University of Texas
East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources -- University of Redlands
Council on East Asian Libraries
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
Asian Educational Media Service
AsiaSource links to articles and facts about Asia from the Asia Society
Chinese language: Pinyin to Wade-Giles Romanization Conversion Chart
Wade-Giles to Pinyin Romanization Conversion Chart
Chinese Language and Pronunciation
Maps: China Maps in University of Texas Library Map Collection
Interactive 18th Century Map of China -- Richard Smith, Rice University
General Sources:
Overview of Chinese History: 1644 to present Fairbank Chinese History Virtual Library
CUNY-Brooklyn: Chinese Primary Sources
Internet Guide to Chinese Studies
Chinese History sources from Hanover College
Benjamin Elman's Bibliography of Chinese History at Princeton University
Chinese Religion Links from Joseph Adler at Kenyon College
Society for the Study of Chinese Religion
Chinese History Timeline by Leon Poon, University of Maryland
Summary of Chinese Periods by Leon Poon, University of Maryland
Official Sites:
Chinese Embassy in DC homepage -- official PRC gov't positions
People's Daily -- PRC official newspaper in English
Official Republic of China (ROC) page [Taiwan]
Maps: Japan Maps at University Texas Library
General Sources:
Japan Guide.com: useful summaries of the various periods of Japanese history
Bibliographies of important works about Japanese history up to 1912 at Cambridge University
Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies list of links at Columbia University
Glossary for Japanese Literature & Theatre
Official Site of the Prime Minister's Office (in English)
Maps: Korean Maps at University Texas Library
Korean History at University of California, Berkeley
History of Korea from Encyclopedia Britannica (need to have Whitman IP address)
Embassy of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Maps: Maps of Vietnam at University of Texas Library
Vietnam: Country Study (from US government)
Site on Vietnamese History & Culture at the University of Houston
Brief introduction to Vietnam from Geographia.com
Links about Vietnam from William Joseph at Wellesley College (mostly post-1945)
The Vietnam Project Texas Tech University (includes primary sources about American War in Vietnam)
