East Asian History:

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

For additional listings, see Asian History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes.

• CEAL: Council on East Asian Libraries

• East Asian Studies Center (Indiana University)

• The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (Harvard University)

• Historical Society for 20th Century China

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East Asian History:

Background

Sometimes you may need some information to get more familiar with your topic. Additional resources are listed at Asian History: Background.

• Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DS881.9 .A75 1999

• Blunden, Caroline, and Mark Elvin. Cultural Atlas of China. New York: Checkmark Books, c1998.
  HUNT REF-1 DS721 .B56 1998

• Bowring, Richard John, and Peter Kornicki. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
  HUNT REF-1 DS805 .C36 1993

• Buckley, Sandra, ed. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. New York: Routledge, 2002.
  HUNT REF-1 DS822.5 .E516 2002

• Collcutt, Martin, Marius Jansen, and Isao Kumakura. Cultural Atlas of Japan. [New York]: Facts on File, 1988.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-2 DS821 .C62 1988

• Cybriwsky, Roman A. Historical Dictionary of Tokyo. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
  HUNT REF-1 DS896.1 .C93 1997

• De Mente, Boye Lafayette. Japan Encyclopedia. Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, 1995.br> HUNT REF-1 DS805 .D355 1995

• Dillon, Michael. China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 DS733 C58523 1998

• Hoare, James and Susan Pares. Conflict in Korea: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1999.
  HUNT REF-1 DS916 .H62 1999

• Hook, Brian, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991
  HUNT REF-1 DS705 .C35 1991

• Huffman, James L., ed. Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. New York: Garland Pub., 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 DS805 .M63 1998

• Hunter, Janet. Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1984.
  HUNT REF-1 DS881.9 .H86 1984

• Kodansha. Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993.
  HUNT REF-1 DS805 .J263 1993 1993

• Kodansha America. The Kodansha Bilingual Encyclopedia of Japan. New York: Kodansha America, 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 DS805 .K6323 1998

• Leung, Pak-Wah. Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
  HUNT REF-1 DS740.2 .H57 1992

• Louis-Frédéric. Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002.
  HUNT REF-1 DS821 .F73 2002

• Luo, Jing, ed. China Today: an Encyclopedia of Life in the People's Republic. 2 vols. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005.
  HUNT REF-1 DS777.6 .C49 2005 2005

• Nahm, Andrew C. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DS909 .N34 1993

• Niiya, Brian, ed. Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference From 1868 to the Present. New York: Facts on File, c2001.
  HUNT REF-1 E184 .J3 E53 2001

• Pan, Lynn. The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 DS732 .E53 1999

• Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. New York: Facts on File, c1999.
  HUNT REF-1 DS705 .P47 1999

• Pratt, Keith L. and Richard Rutt. Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 DS902 .P737 1999

• Röpke, Ian Martin. Historical Dictionary of Osaka and Kyoto. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 DS897 .O814 R67 1999

• Schilling, Mark. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture. New York: Weatherhill, 1997.
  HUNT REF-1 DS822.5 .S3 1997

• Schoppa, R. Keith. The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. New York: Columbia University Press, c2000.
  HUNT REF-1 DS755 .S635 2000

• Sullivan, Lawrence R. Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2007.
  HUNT REF-1 DS777.55 .S835 2007

• Tucker, Spencer, ed. Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. 3 vols. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2000.
  HUNT REF-1 DS918 .E53 2000

• Wang, Ke-wen, ed. Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. New York: Garland Pub., 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 JC311 .M54 1998

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East Asian History:

Biographical Resources

Below are biographical resources for East Asian History. Some of the resources listed at Asian History: Biographical Resources may be useful, too.

• Association for Asian Studies. Ming Biographical History Project Committee. Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644. 2 vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.
  HUNT REF-1 DS753.5 .A84 1976 1976

• Boorman, Howard L., ed. Biographical Dictionary of Republican China. 5 vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967-79.
  HUNT REF-1 DS778 .A1 B5

• Giles, Herbert Allen. A Chinese Biographical Dictionary. Taipei: Literature House [1962?].
  HUNT REF-1 DS734 .G47 1962X

• Klein, Donald W. and Anne B. Clark. Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism, 1921-1965. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1971.
  HUNT REF-1 DS778 .A1 K55 1971

• Library of Congress. Orientalia Division. Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, 1644-1912. Edited by Arthur W. Hummel. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943-1944.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DS734 .U65

• Peterson, Barbara Bennett, ed. Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, c2000.
  HUNT REF-1 HQ1767 .5.A3 N67 2000

• Snow, Helen (Foster). The Chinese Communists: Sketches and Autobiographies of the Old Guard. Book 1: Red Dust. Book 2: Autobiographical Profiles and Biographical Sketches. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Pub. Co. [1972].
  HUNT REF-1 DS778 .A1 S499

• Weston, Mark. Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Greatest Men and Women. New York: Kodansha International, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 CD1833 .W47 1999

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East Asian History:

Databases and Indexes

For databases and indexes relating to East Asian history, see Asian History: Databases and Indexes. For a more complete listing of those relevant to History, see History: Databases and Indexes. If you need help in selecting or using a database or index for your research, please contact the Hunt Library reference desk.

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East Asian History:

Discussion Lists

For additional resources, see Asian History: Discussion Lists.

• H-Japan

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East Asian History:

Internet Guides

For additional resources see Asian History: Internet Guides.

• WWW Virtual Library:
  • Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
    • History
  • North Korea
  • South Korea
• J Guide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources

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East Asian History:

Maps

For additional maps, see Asian History: Maps

• Benewick, Robert and Stephanie Donald. The State of China Atlas. New York: Penguin Reference, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 G2305 .B46 1999

• Donald, Stephanie. The State of China Atlas. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
  HUNT REF-1 G2305 .D66 2005

• Geelan, P.J.M. and D.C. Twitchett, eds. The Times Atlas of China. [New York]: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., 1974.
  HUNT REF-1/ATLAS G2305 .T47 1974

• Herrmann, Albert. An Historical Atlas of China. Chicago: Aldine Pub. Co. [1966].
  HUNT REF-1 G2306 .S1 H4 1966

• Hsieh, Chiao-min, edited by Christopher L. Salter. Atlas of China. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1973.
  HUNT REF-1/ATLAS G2305 .H83 1973

• Hsieh, Chiao-min and Jean Kan Hsieh. China: A Provincial Atlas. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., c1995.
  HUNT REF-1/ATLAS G2305 .H84 1994

• National Geographic Society. (U.S.). Atlas of China: an Expansive Portrait of China Today with More than 400 Maps and Illustrations. Washington, DC: National Geographic, c2008.
  HUNT REF-1 G2305 .N2 2008

• Penkala, Maria. A Correlated History of the Far East; China, Korea, Japan. Rutland, Vt.: C. E. Tuttle, [1966].
  HUNT REF-1/ATLAS DS511 .P45

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East Asian History:

Pictorial Resources

Below are some pictorial resources for East Asian History. Some of the resources listed at Asian History: Pictorial Resources may be useful, too. Additional books may be found by searching in the library catalog, with china and pictorial or japan and pictorial as subject keywords.

• The Chairman Smiles (International Institute of Social History)
  Posters from 1949-1965 and 1977-1997.

• Database of Old Photographs of Japan (Nagasaki University Library)

• 4 Monate Krieg, Shanghai 1937: Photographs of Karl Kengelbacher (Schauwecker's Guide to Japan presents the Photo Exhibition, courtesy of Peter Kengelbacher)

• OISR.ORG Poster Exhibition: Images of Japanese Labor and Social Movement in the Post-1945 Japan (Ohara Institute for Social Research)

• A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development. 2 vls. Taipei, ROC: Modern China Press : Distributor, Chungyang wenwu Kungyingshe, 1981.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DS774 .P46 1981 46 1981

• Worswick, Clark, ed. Japan, Photographs, 1854-1905. New York: Knopf: distributed by Random House, 1979.
  HUNT STACKS-4 DS809 .J4 1979

• Worswick, Clark and Jonathan Spence, eds. Imperial China, Photographs, 1850-1912. New York: Distributed by Crown Publishers, c1978.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DS709 .I47

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East Asian History:

Statistical Resources

Below are statistical resources for East Asian History. Some of the resources listed at Asian History: Statistical Resources may be useful, too.

• China Statistical Abstract. New York: Praeger, 1989-present.
  Print: 1988, 1989.
  HUNT REF-1 HA4631 .C44

• China. Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China. [Taipei] Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Executive Yuan, Republic of China.
  Print: 1975-present.
  HUNT BND-JOUR-3; latest HUNT REF-1 HA1710.5 .A183A

• Hsüeh, T‘ien-tung, Li Qiang and Liu Shucheng , eds. China's Provincial Statistics, 1949-1989. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993.
  HUNT REF-1 HC427.92 .C45145648 1993

• State Statistical Bureau, PRC. Statistical Yearbook of China. Hong Kong: Economic Information & Agency, Hong Kong, 198X-1986.
  Print: 1985, 1986.
  HUNT REF-1 HA4631 .S83
  Continued by China Statistical Yearbook (see below).

• State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China. China Statistical Yearbook. Hong Kong: International Centre for the Advancement of Science & Technology, 1991.
  Print: 1990
  HUNT REF-1 HA4631 .S83 1990
  Continues Statistical Yearbook of China (see above).

• State Statistical Bureau, Peoples Republic of China. China Urban Statistics. London: Longman Group Ltd., 1985.
  Print: 1985
  HUNT REF-1 HT147.C48

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