LibGuides: Asian History: Library Resources

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Get Books about East Asia!

For Lit - PL523-PL4378

JQ750-JQ1725 - Politics

HN673-733 - Sociology

Second floor (top)

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Basement- DS490-DS935 History!

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A Few Print Journals/Magazines often offering Topics of interest in Asian History

The Week

Time Magazine

Foreign Affairs

China Today

Dao

Current History

Asian Survey

The Economist

Research Tools

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New York Times Historical (1851-2015) This link opens in a new window
Search the New York Times issues from 1851-2015 and get PDFs of the articles.
The Times (London) This link opens in a new window
The (London) Times Digital Archive, 1785-2013
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations, with links to full text in JSTOR, Project MUSE, and other resources.

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A Few DVD's (out of hundreds)

Ghost Dog

Ran

Ugetsu

The Eel

Dear American (Letters Home from Vietnam)

Know Your Enemy - Japan

Born on the Fourth of July

Huo Zhe

The Wall

Good Morning Vietnam

Memoirs of A Geisha

The Last Samurai

Winter Soldier

Seven Samurai

Maya Lin

Rashomon

The Atomic Cafe

The Joy Luck Club

Sansho the Bailiff

Hula Girls

Babel

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

Se Jie

Mishima

Letters from Iwo Jima

The Paper Crane

Lost in Translation

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Tokyo Sonata

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

The Cove

Budo

Apocalypse Now

The Grandmaster

Tian Zhu Ding

Ichimei

Hotaru No Haka

some REF books just to get you started....

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War(Tucker)

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War(Kutler)

Encyclopedia of China

Information China

Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China

Encyclopedia of Chinese Overseas

Dictionary of Modern Politics in Japan

The Cambridge History of China

The Cambridge History of Ancient China

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan

Japan Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Asian History

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia

Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy

Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy

Great Thinkers of the Eastern World

Encyclopedia of Taoism

Nanzam Guide to Japanese Religion

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism

Dictionary of Asia Christianity

Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management

The Kanji Dictionary

Who's Who in Korean Literature

Modern East Asian Literature

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Beeghly Library's Digital Humanities

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Asian History: Library Resources