Reading list for East Asian Studies

Reading list for East Asian Studies. Source Online. Forgot the site url.

Japan

M. Hane, Modern Japan: a historical survey
C. D. Totman, Early modern Japan
C. Totman, A history of Japan
A. Iriye, Origins of the Second World War in the Pacific
J. W. Dower, War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War
J. McClain, Japan: A Modern History
M. Schaller, Altered States: the US and Japan since the Occupation
J. Hunter, The Emergence of Modern Japan
M. Barnhart, Japan and the World Since 1868

China

S. Adshead, China in World History
K. Ch'en, Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey
V. Hansen, The Open Empire: A History of China to 1600
Rana Mitter, China's Bitter Revolution
J. Spence, The search for Modern China
M. Nylan, The Five "Confucian" Classics
I. Robinet, Taoism: Growth of a Religion.
P. Ebrey, The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
E. Zürcher, The Buddhist Conquest of China: The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China. 2 vols.

East Asia in general

G. Barnes, China, Korea and Japan: the Rise of Civilization in East Asia
John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: a new history
C. Holcombe, The Genesis of East Asia, 221 B.C.  - A.D. 907
Peter Katzenstein, A World of Regions. Asia and Europe in the American Imperium
J. Thomson, P. Stanley and J. Perry, Sentimental Imperialists. The American Experience in East Asia
S. Adshead, T’ang China: the Rise of the East in World History

Korea

B. Cumings, Korea’s Place in the Sun: a modern history
Kim Chun-kil, History of  Korea
K. Pratt, Everlasting flower: a history of Korea
R. Foot, The Wrong War:  American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950-53
Ki-baik Lee, A new history of Korea
W. Stueck, The Korean War in world history

Background Reading

In addition you are strongly advised to read at least two or three of the following:
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji (Penguin)
Paine, R.T. and Soper, A., The Art and Architecture of Japan (Penguin)
Sugimoto, Y., An Introduction to Japanese Society (Cambridge University Press) or
Curtis, G., The Japanese Way of Politics (Columbia University)
Stockwin, J.A.A., Governing Japan (Blackwell) or
Pempel, T., Regime Shift: Comparative Dynamics of the Japanese Political Economy(Cornell University Press)
Bowring, R. & Kornicki, P. (eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan (Cambridge University Press)
Goossen, T.W. (ed.), The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (Oxford University Press)

Some recommended online academic sources : Japan Focus and the Electronic
Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies

Modern Fiction

A selection of recommended modern fiction
Natsume Soseki, Kokoro and Sanshiro
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Some Prefer Nettles
Kawabata Yasunari, Snow Country
Mishima Yukio, Confessions of a Mask
Enchi Fumiko, The Waiting Years
Oe Kenzaburo, Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness
Tsushima Yuko, Child of Fortune