Introduction • The Geography of East Asia
 
1 • Early China and the Shang
2 • Confucius and China's Philosophic Traditions
3 • The Early Chinese Empire: the Qin and Han
4 • The Tang Empire (618-907)
5 • Classical Japan (500-1185) and Korea (c. 50 BCE - 918 CE)
 
6 • China's "Golden Age": the Song, the Mongols, and the Ming Voyages;
and Korea under the Mongols (918-1392)
7 • Medieval Japan
 
8 • China, Japan, and Korea: the Ming, the Qing, Tokugawa, and Choson
 
9 • China and the West: Imperialism, Opium, and Self-Strengthening (1800-1919)
10 • Japan and the West: the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912);
Korea: the West and Japan (1860s-1910)
 
11 • Imperialism, War, Revolution in East Asia: 1900-1945;
Korea as a Colony of Japan, 1910-1945
12 • China: 1945-Present
13 • Japan: 1945-Present
14 • Korea: 1945-Present