1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707442803321

Titolo

California State waters map series--offshore of Monterey, California / / by Samuel Y. Johnson [and eleven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (10 maps) : color + + pamphlet (iv, 44 pages)

Collana

Open-file report ; ; 2016-1110

Soggetti

Maps.

Pacific Coast (Calif.) Maps

Monterey County (Calif.) Maps

California Monterey County

California Pacific Coast

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale cartografico a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Relief shown by shading.

Depths shown by isolines and soundings.

Title from title screen (viewed on August 23, 2016).

Samuel Y. Johnson and Susan A. Cochran, editors.

Includes text, location maps, cross sections, ancillary maps, profiles, and color illustrations.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references in pamphlet (pages 39-44).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779133303321

Autore

Shi Zhiyu <1958-, >

Titolo

Civilization, nation and modernity in East Asia / / Chih-yu Shih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-87441-4

9786613715722

1-136-30711-7

1-136-30710-9

0-203-11799-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; ; 12

Disciplina

950

Soggetti

National characteristics, East Asian

East and West

National characteristics, Chinese

National characteristics, Japanese

East Asia Civilization Philosophy

China Civilization Philosophy

Japan Civilization Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction: Asian betweenness: the civilizational nation and national civilization; PART I An Asian intellectual path to the universal self: Asianism in theoretical discourse; 1 What is the world? The beginning of world history in Asianism; 2 What is the West? The oriental self that has no 'other'; 3 What is China? An epistemological threat to Japan's place; PART II An Asian intellectual path to the universal self: Asianism in practical discourse; 4 Bridge of civilizations in nothingness: the Manchukuo recast

5 Son of East Asia: a quest for transcendence in colonial TaiwanPART III The national self and the multiple appropriations of China: reconstructing international relations; 6 Retrieving the lost choice: how does death matter in Confucian IR?; 7 Assigning role characteristics to



China on the rise: role state vs ego state; 8 Justifying non-intervention: East Asian schools of international relations?; PART IV The national self and the multiple appropriations of China: reconstructing China; 9 Substituting self-governance for global governance: the statist theme of responsibility

10 Doing away with nationalism? Emerging liberal plea for self-transformationConclusion: race for harmony: Galton's civilizational puzzle; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the crisis of cultural identity which has assaulted Asian countries since Western countries began to have a profound impact on Asia in the nineteenth century. Confronted by Western 'civilization' and by 'modernity', Asian countries have been compelled to rethink their identity, and to consider how they should relate to Western 'civilization' and 'modernity'. The result, the author argues, has been a redefining by Asian countries of their own character as nations, and an adaptation of 'civilization' and 'modernity' to their own special conditions. Asian nations, the author