{"product_id":"2026200014418-secondhand-a-concise-history-of-east-asia","title":"A Concise History Of East Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the earliest dynastic empires to the turbulent dawn of the modern age, A Concise History of East Asia presents a sweeping yet disciplined narrative of one of the world's most complex and enduring civilisations. C.P. FitzGerald chronicles the rise and fall of great powers across China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, tracing the threads of culture, conquest, philosophy, and trade that have shaped the region across millennia. With the authority of a seasoned scholar who spent decades living and working in Asia, FitzGerald distills an immense historical canvas into a clear, authoritative, and richly informed account that never sacrifices depth for brevity.\n\nA distinguished sinologist and historian, FitzGerald writes with a clarity and elegance that makes A Concise History of East Asia as accessible to the curious general reader as it is invaluable to the serious student of history. His narrative illuminates the profound interplay between Confucian statecraft, Buddhist thought, military expansion, and dynastic succession that defined the region's character over centuries. The result is a masterwork of concision that leaves the reader with an urgent question: how did a civilisation so ancient, so vast, and so self-contained come to reshape the entire modern world?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216202146011,"sku":"2026200014418-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/56a1eab0-790b-433a-9504-8f186c9e5e82.png?v=1788405250","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014418-secondhand-a-concise-history-of-east-asia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}