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Bullard, 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
Hurst, G. Cameron, III – 1988
The altering of the presentation of Japan's imperialist adventures in Japanese high school history textbooks reflects a continuing dispute between Japan and her Asian neighbors, as well as between a politically conservative bureaucracy in the Ministry of Education and a historical profession heavily influenced by "progressives" who write…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Foreign Countries, Historiography
Bunge, Frederica M., Ed.; Shinn, Rinn-Sup, Ed. – 1981
Basic facts are given about the social, economic, political, and military institutions of China. The handbook, which is one of a continuing series designed for those interested in foreign affairs, is a revision of one published in 1972. The 1981 edition focuses on historical antecedents and China's new modernization strategies. Arranged into 14…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies