Table of Contents

About This Book I : Overview 1. Introducing East Asia 2. East Asian Studies: History, Careers, and Resources II: Fundamentals 3. Modern East Asia: A History 4. East Asian Languages III: The Global Context 5. East Asian Economies in a Globalizing World 6. Globalization in East Asia 7. Debunking the Myths IIII: Case Studies 8. Introduction to the Case Studies 9. From Flying Pigeons to Fords: China’s New Car Culture 10. New Media and New Technology in Colonial Korea: Radio 11. Interpreting Minority Experiences of Japan’s March 2011 Triple Disaster 12. Society and Culture: Confucianism in East Asia Today 13. The Korean Peninsula: Global Dimensions 14. Reading Kimigayo: The Japanese National Anthem in a Time of Postnational Transition 15. Globalization and Deindustrialization in China’s (Former) Porcelain Capital 16. But?: The Birth and Maturation of a New Global Art Form 17. China’s One-Child Policy and the Empowerment of Urban Daughters About the Editor and Contributors Index

About the Author

Anne Prescott is the director of the Five College Center for East Asian Studies in Massachusetts and a national director for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, a leading provider of professional development training on East Asia. Trained as an ethnomusicologist specializing in traditional Japanese music, she spent eight years in Japan. She has been an administrator at area studies centers since 2002.