Items Indicated with an Asterisk (*) Are Available in Paperback

Selected Sources

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Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.

Arthaud, J., and B. Groslier. Angkor. 1957. A richly illustrated book on Angkor, with good text.

Baumer, Christopher. Traces in the Desert. Journeys of Discovery Across Central Asia.

2008. A thrilling tale of travels across Mongolia, China, Iran and Turkey retracing the ancient

Silk Road. Many maps and photos.

*Brazell, Karen, tr. The Confessions of Lady Nijo. 1973. This memoir of a Japanese court lady, long lost and rediscovered in 1940, recreates aristocratic life of the fourteenth century.

“Buddha in the Land of Kami.” Films for the Humanities. Video on interactions between

Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan between the seventh and twelfth centuries.

Carter, T. F. The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward. Rev. ed. 1955.

Chronicle of an event of vast world importance.

*Chang, K. C. Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives. 1977.

Fascinating and entertaining account of Chinese food and eating habits from antiquity to the present.

*Ch’en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey. 1964. A comprehensive and readable survey of the evolution of Buddhism in China to the twentieth century.

China Central TV and Central Park Media. The Silk Road. 1982. A series of twelve films, each devoted to a portion of the ancient Silk Road.

*Coedes, G. Indianized States of Southeast Asia. Ed. Walter F. Vella. Trans. Sue Brown

Cowing. 1968. Deals with the multifaceted influences of India on the region through 1,500 years.

de Bary, W.T. ed. Sources of Korean Tradition. 1997. Good selection of documents with explanations (web)

Deuchler, Martina. The Confucian Transformation of Korea. 1992. On Korea between the tenth and fourteenth centuries.

Devahuti, D. Harsha: A Political Study. 1970. A detailed study of India in the sixth and seventh centuries and of Harsha’s accomplishments.

Ebrey, Patricia B., and Peter N. Buckley, eds. Religion and Society in T’ang and Sung China.

1993. A useful collection of articles by nine experts in this period of Chinese history.

Fitzgerald, Charles P. Barbarian Bed: The Origin of the Chair in China. 1965. Interesting book on cultural borrowing.

Gernet, Jacques. Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions, 1250-1276. Trans.

H. M. Wright. 1962. A good book on an often overlooked subject.

Hansen, Valerie. Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276. 1990. Interesting look at religion, especially folk religion.

Jaschid, Sechin, and Van Jay Symond. Peace, War, and Trade along the Great Wall:

Nomadic-Chinese Interaction through Two Millennia. 1989. Pathbreaking study of interactions between China and Inner Asia.

Lane-Poole, Stanley. Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule (A.D. 712-1764). Reprinted

1979. A comprehensive account of Muslim conquerors and rulers.

Lo, Kuan-chung, or Shih Nai-an. All Men Are Brothers. Trans. Pearl S. Buck. 1933. A popular

Chinese novel about a band of Robin Hood-like men and women during the Sung dynasty who took the law into their own hands for just causes. Puri, B. N. India under the Kushanas. 1965. A good survey of the Kushan era.

Reischauer, Edwin O. Ennin’s Travels in Tang China. 1955. T’ang China as observed by a

Japanese Buddhist monk.

*Samson, George. A History of Japan to 1334. 1954. First of a three-volume work on Japan by a recognized authority.

Sato, Hiroaki, trans. and ed. Legends of the Samurai. 1995. This book deals with the Japanese military elite from earliest times to the eighteenth century.

*Schafer, Edward H. The Vermilion Bird: T’ang Images of the South. 1967. An interesting account of southern China and Southeast Asia.

* Schafer, Edward H. The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T’ang Exotics. 1983. An interesting book about the unusual things most history books leave out.

Sinor, Denis, ed. The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia. 1990. This work by a number of specialists has several chapters on China’s nomadic neighbors.

Steinhardt, Nancy C. Chinese Imperial City Planning. 1990. A comprehensive survey through the ages.

Stierlin, Henri. The Cultural History of Angkor. 1979. Profusely illustrated, this short but interesting text deals not only with the Khmer culture, but also those of Burma, Thailand, and

Champa.

Swann, Peter. Art of China, Korea, and Japan. 1963. A good, short, and well-illustrated book that integrates history and art.

*Tinker, Hugh. Southeast Asia: A Short History. 2d ed. 1990. Good, short introduction.

Twitchett, Denis, and John K. Fairbank, eds. The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 3: Sui and T’ang China, 589–906. Part 1. 1979. Many experts contributed to this authoritative volume. Waley, Arthur. The Poetry and Career of Li Po. 1958. Waley brings to life a wonderfully eccentric man and his great work.

*Wriggins, Sally H. Xuanzhang, A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road. 1996. An engaging account of the travels of China’s most famous pilgrim to India and back.

Wright, Arthur F. The Sui Dynasty: The Unification of China, A.D. 581-617. 1978. Excellent portraits of two men who ruled China around 600 C.E.

*Wu, Cheng-en. Monkey. Trans. Arthur Waley. 1943. A sixteenth-century novel of how a supernatural monkey and other beasts helped Hsuan-tsang get Buddhist scriptures from India.

Chinese children love it as fairy tale and adults as satire.

Suggested websites: http://www.webindia

123.com/history/MEDIEVAL/delhisultanate/slave_dynasty.htm Indian history, especially Muslim conquests prior to the Moghul dynasty

http://www.archaeollink.com/ancient%20%southeast20%asian%20civilizations.htm

Archaeological ruins of early Vietnam, Cambodia,, Thailand and Korea.

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/classical_imperial_china/tang.html

On culture, rulers and society of T’ang China.

www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine9.html

Devoted to lives and times of Lady Murasaki.