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Peer reviewedBullard, Betty M. – Social Education, 1986
Surveys the existing treatment of Asia in upper elementary and secondary social studies textbooks. Treats improvements needed in such areas as: (1) global issues important to Asia, (2) content and approach, (3) economics and politics, (4) geography and resources, (5) international relations, and (6) treatment of subregions. Provides a…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Citizenship Education
Peer reviewedKorhonen, Pekka – Journal of World History, 1996
Tracks the intermittent appearances and variations of the historical concept of a "Pacific Age" from the 1890s to the present. Discusses the social, economic, and historical conditions that resulted in the term's heralding of either economic optimism or racist peril. Suggests these interpretations come in cycles. (MJP)
Descriptors: Asian History, Colonialism, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships
