Esta serie profundiza en la rica y multifacética historia, cultura y sociedad de Asia Oriental. Ofrece una exploración profunda de las intrincadas estructuras sociales, tradiciones filosóficas y expresiones artísticas de la región. Cada volumen presenta investigación original y análisis perspicaz, mejorando nuestra comprensión de esta parte dinámica del mundo. Sirve como un recurso esencial tanto para académicos como para entusiastas que buscan una apreciación más profunda de Asia Oriental.
Asia After Versailles addresses an important watershed for Asian nations - the response to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. It marked the end of a conflict which, although intrinsically European, had globalized the world on many levels and stood at the beginning of a new order that saw the power centre shift towards the US and Asia.
Xu Xu and Wumingshi were among the most widely read authors in China during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). This groundbreaking book re-establishes their importance within the popular Chinese literature of the 1940swith in-depth analyses of their innovative short stories and novels.