Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia* (Westview Press,
1992), with contributions by a number of distinguished
scholars. It is inter-disciplinary in approach; besides brief
historical outlines, it contains valuable data on demog-
raphy, trade relations, economic and social develop-
ments, and inter-regional international relations, up to
- The reader is referred to this work especially
for the recent development of Taiwan, Korea, the
Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as of
the giants, China and Japan. A good bibliography is
provided. The book was written to accompany an
Annenherg US college television course. For a useful
introduction to the transformation from colonial rule to
independence of several Asian nations of India, the
Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaya, see R.
Jeffrey (ed.), Asia: The Winning of Independence*
(Macmillan, 1981), with an extensive bibliography. An
excellent survey is D. G. E. Hall, A History of Southeast
Asia(4th edn, Macmillan, 1981). N. Tarling ed., The
Cambridge History of South East Asia vol. 2(Cambridge
University Press, 1992).
Japan
P. Duus, The Rise of Modern Japan(Houghton Mifflin,
1976), an overview; M. Schaller, The American
Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in
Asia(Oxford, 1986); M. Schaller, Douglas MacArthur:
The Far Eastern General(Oxford, NY, 1989); J.
Woronoff, Politics the Japanese Way* (St Martin’s,
1990), a lively and critical account; W. Horsley and R.
Buckley, Nippon New Superpower: Japan since 1945
(BBC Publications, 1990), the book of a first-rate BBC
Television series; M. Morischima, Why Has Japan
‘Succeeded’? Western Technology and the Japanese Ethos
(Cambridge, 1982).
China
An excellent overview is J. Spence, The Search for
Modern China* (Norton, 1990). The authoritative
multi-volume history of China is The Cambridge History
of China, vol. 10. (1800–1911, pt 1), ed. J. K. Fairbank;
vol. II, (1800–1911, pt 2, ed. J. K. Fairbank and
Kwang-Ching Liu; vol. 12 1912–1949, pt 1), ed. J. K.
Fairbank; vol. 13 (1912–1949, pt 2) ed. J. K. Fairbank
and A. Feuerwerker; vol. 14 (1949–1965, pt 1), ed. R.
MacFarquar and J. K. Fairbank; vol. 15 (1966–1982),
ed. R. MacFarquar and J. K. Fairbank (Cambridge,
1978–92). See also S. Karnow, Mao and China: Inside
China’s Cultural Revolution* (Penguin, 1985); M.
Yahuda, Towards the End of Isolationism: China’s
Foreign Policy after Mao(Macmillan, 1985); J. Gittings,
China Changes Face: The Road from Revolution,
1949–1989* (Oxford, 1990); C. Riskin, China’s Polit-
ical Economy: The Quest for Development since 1949
(Oxford, 1987). An account by Chinese scholars of
the development of the economy can be found in Liu
Juinian and Wu Qungen (eds), China’s Socialist
Economy: An Outline History 1949–1984) (Beijing
Review, 1986).
For Japan and China see also section 6, China and
Japan and the West.
Korea
The rise of Korea as an Asian economic power and her
location on the front line of the Cold War has led to a
large number of academic studies: C. J. Eckert, Korea
Old and New: A History(Ilchoak Publishers, Seoul,
1990); T. Hatada, A History of Korea(ABC-Clio,
1969), an older history stressing Korean traditions and
still valuable; D. S. Lewis (ed.), Korea: Enduring
Division(Longman, 1988); B.-N. Song, The Rise of the
Korean Economy(Oxford, NY, 1989); J. A. Kim,
Divided Korea: The Politics of Development, 1945–1972
(Harvard, 1975). More general in coverage is T. W.
Robinson, Democracy and Development in East Asia:
Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines(AEI Press,
1991).
Taiwan
S. Long, Taiwan(Macmillan, 1991).
Vietnam
M. Beresford, National Unification and Economic
Development in Vietnam(St Martin’s, 1989).
Philippines
O. D. Corpuz, The Philippines(Prentice-Hall, 1965); E.
Lachica, The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in
the Philippines(Praeger, 1971); J. Bresnan (ed.), Crisis
in the Philippines: The Marcos Era and Beyond
(Princeton, 1986).
Australia
M. Clark, A Short History of Australia* (3rd edn,
Penguin-Mentor, 1963). A succinctly authoritative
account is the Oxford History of Australia, vol. 4, J.
McIntyre, 1901–42: The Succeeding Age (Oxford,
1987), and vol. 5, G. Bolton, 1942–95: The Middle
Way* (Oxford, 1996).
New Zealand
K. Sinclair, A History of New Zealand* (revised edn,
Penguin, 1989); W. H. Oliver and B. R. William (eds),
The Oxford History of New Zealand* (2nd edn, revised
G. W. Rice, Oxford, NZ, 1993). For the Pacific region,
M. Yahuda, International Politics of Asia-Pacific*
(Routledge, 1994); E. C. T. Chew and E. Lee, A
History of Singapore* (Oxford, 1996); Mildso Hane,
Eastern Phoenix. Japan Since 1945(Westview, 1996);
Jean-Luc Demenach, Great Leap Forward. The Case of
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