AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SEMINAR
A GUIDE TO THE INTERNET AND WWW RESOURCES
PERSPECTIVES ON EAST ASIA IN WORLD HISTORY

Jonathan Spence, "Western Perceptions of China from the Late Sixteenth Century to the Present" in Paul S. Ropp, editor, Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990) [hereafter HERITAGE], pages 1 - 14.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2002:

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS: CHINA, JAPAN and KOREA

John K. Fairbank, "The Chinese Scene" in Robert F. Dernberger, et. al., editors, The Chinese: Adapting the Past, Facing the Future (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1991) [hereafter ADAPTING], pages 93 - 103.

Rhoads Murphey, "Man and Nature in China", ADAPTING, pages 104 - 113.

G. William Skinner, "Regional Urbanization in Nineteenth-Century China", ADAPTING, pages 124 - 132.

G. William Skinner, "Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China", ADAPTING, pages 478 - 484

FACTS ABOUT KOREA (Seoul: Hollym, 1993) [hereafter FACTS ABOUT KOREA], pages 7 - 14.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2002:

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY IN EAST ASIA: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ORGANIZING THE PAST

REVIEW: Jonathan Spence, "Western Perceptions of China from the Late Sixteenth Century to the Present", in HERITAGE, pages 1 - 14.

FACTS ABOUT KOREA, pages 15 - 29.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2002:

CODES OF CONDUCT: INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS VALUE SYSTEMS - CHINESE DAOISM / TAOISM

T. H. Barrett, "Religious Traditions in Chinese Civilization: Buddhism and Taoism", HERITAGE, pages 138 - 163.

CODES OF CONDUCT: INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS VALUE SYSTEMS - SHINTO IN JAPAN

"The Realm of the 'Kami'", Chapter 1 in Nelly Delay, The Art and Culture of Japan (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999) [hereafter ART AND CULTURE], pages 13 - 21.

ARTICLES:

• "In a Computer Age, Shinto Devils Still Prowl" (" (The New York Times, October 15, 1995: 2 pages)
• "What Is Shinto?" (lecture by Haken Eilert, January 7, 1986: 7 pages)

CODES OF CONDUCT: RELIGIOUS ADAPTATION -- BUDDHISM IN CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN

Stephen F. Teiser, "The Spirits of Chinese Religion" from Donald S. Lopez, Jr , Religions of China in Practice, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996).

REVIEW: T. H. Barrett, "Religious Traditions in Chinese Civilization: Buddhism and Taoism", HERITAGE, pages 138 - 163.

"A Buddhist Civilization" and "The Way of Zen", Chapters 2 and 5 in ART AND CULTURE, pages 22 - 41, 82 - 97.

FACTS ABOUT KOREA, pages 164 - 173.

ARTICLES:

• Michael Shapiro, "Japan: The Spiritual Side" (The New York Times Magazine, November 23, 1986: 4 pages)
• "Barren Ground: Christian Missionaries Sow the Seed in Japan but Find Little Grows" (Wall Street Journal, July 9, 1986: 1 page
• excerpt from "Matters of Faith" (CWRU: The Magazine of Case Westem Reserve University, May 1991: 2 pages)

CODES OF CONDUCT: CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHICAL VALUES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT - CHINA

Conrad Schirokauer, A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations, Second Edition (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989) [hereafter HISTORY], pages 3 - 49.

Tu Wei-ming, "The Confucian Tradition in Chinese History", HERITAGE, pages 112 - 137.

Jung Chang's Wild Swans (New York: Anchor Books, 1992), entire.

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CODES OF CONDUCT: CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHICAL VALUES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT - JAPAN and KOREA

FACTS ABOUT KOREA, pages 31 - 41, 66 - 81, 82 - 95, 96 - 104, 126 - 154, 155 - 163, 164 - 173.

LITERATURE, POETRY AND CALLIGRAPHY IN EAST ASIAN CULTURES

Stephen Owen, "Poetry in the Chinese Tradition", HERITAGE, pages 294 - 308.

"The Art of the Court" and "Zen Poetry and Art" in "The Art of Ink Drawing", Chapter 3 and a portion of Chapter 5 in ART AND CULTURE, pages 42 - 63.

"Calligraphy" in Stephen Addiss, How To Look At Japanese Art (New York: Harry N. Abrahms, Inc., 1996), pages 76 - 93.

FACTS ABOUT KOREA, pages 126 - 154.

Richard E. Kim, Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood (Berkley: University of Californai Press, 1988.entire.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2002:

EVERYDAY LIFE AND POPULAR CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY KOREA, JAPAN AND CHINA

"The Way of the Warrior" and "The Edo Period: Life as Theater", Chapters 4 and 6 in ART AND CULTURE, pages 64 - 81, 98 - 128.

ARTICLES

• "Sex vs. Hamburgers" (The Japan Times Weekly, January 7, 1989: 1 page)
• "Pay Now, Buy Later" (Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry, No. 1, 1989: 3 pages)
• "Grown Men in Japan Still Read Comics and Have Fantasies" (Wall Street Journal, July 21, 1987: 2 pages)
• "In Japan, Brutal Comics for Women" (The New York Times, November 5, 1995:1 page)
• "How to Tell Your Vacuum Cleaner Sayonara" (Voices of Japan, November 1982: 1 page)
• "After a Hard Day at the Office or the Factory, How Do the Japanese Relax?" (Asia Record, November 1982: 1 page)
• "In Japan These Days, Even Processed Cheese Is Cute" (The Japan Times Weekly, January 28 - February 3, 1994: 3 pages)
• "Tokyo's Tips for New York" (The New York Times Magazine, February 6, 1994: 2 pages)
• "Why Do Japanese People Rarely Use Personal Checks?" (Japan Information Service, undated: I page)
• "Pachinko Polishes a Tarnished Image" and "Salons Reap Chest Hair, Gross Profits" (The Mainichi Daily News, 1994: 1 page)
• "Japan's Young Couples Discover the Public Kiss" (The New York Times, May 29, 1995: 1 page)
• "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Germ?" (The New York Times, July 27, 1995:1 page)
• "In Japan, Christmas Merrymaking Is for Lovers" " (The New York Times, December 25, 1995: 1 page)
• "Buying Culture" (Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 6, 1994: 1 page)

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