Political-cultural developments in East Asia

• Verfasst von: Preston, P. W. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Political-cultural developments in East Asia
• Titelzusatz: interpreting logics of change
• Verf.angabe: P.W. Preston
• Verlagsort: London
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: [2017]
• Umfang: xx, 287 Seiten
• Format: 22 cm
• Fussnoten: Contents -- 1) Social Sciences: Making Sense of Change; 2) Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Partial Views of Change--Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong; 3) The Historical Development Experience of East Asia: Growth, Regional Networks and the Developmental State; 4) The Suprising Costs of Success: National Identity in East Asia and Europe; 5) The Enduring Costs of Forgetfulness: Europe, Asia and the Wars of teh Twentieth Century; 6) Singapore and the Pursuit of National Development; 7) Contemporary Thailand: Local Culture and/or the Manner of Failure; 8) China: A State-Socialist Route to the Modern World; 9) Hong Kong: Living with Distant Masters; Afterward; Bibliography; Index. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index
• Ang. zum Inhalt: Prologue; Preface; Notes; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Social Science: Making Sense of Change; Social Science: Character, Status and Utility; Arguments from Natural Science; Arguments from Human Understanding; Arguments from Political Life; Argument Making in Social Science; Other Cultures, Other Logics32; Putting Social Theory to Work: Private and Public; China: A State Socialist Route to the Modern World42; Hong Kong: Borrowed Place, Its Own Place46; Thailand: Managing and Deflecting the Demands of Modernity47; Singapore: Elite-Directed Mobilization for National Development
• ISBN: 978-1-137-57220-2
• ISBN: 1-137-57220-5
• ISBN: 978-1-137-57221-9
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe: Preston, P.W. (Peter Wallace), 1949-: Political cultural developments in East Asia : interpreting logics of change. London : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]
• K10plus-PPN: 1636367070

Abstract

Conclusion: Continuing ConcernsNotes; Chapter 2: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Partial Views of Change-Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong; The Old Canteen of the World Trade Centre, Singapore; The Coffee Shop of the Tokyo Edo Museum, Tokyo; The Fast Ferry from Central to Hung Hom; Any Lessons?; Notes; Chapter 3: The Historical Development Experience of East Asia: Growth, Regional Networks and the Developmental State; The Shift to the Modern World in East Asia; Pre-contact Civilizations and the Colonial Era; General Crisis: The Failure of the State-Empire System