Library Guides: History: Asia: Encyclopedias

East Asia

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China: a historical and cultural dictionary by Michael Dillon
Historical dictionary of modern China, 1800-1949 by James Z. Gao
Historical dictionary of the Chinese communist party by Lawrence R. Sullivan
Historical dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China) by John Franklin Copper
The Cambridge history of Japan (vols 1-6) by Delmer M. Brown (Editor)
Dictionary of the modern politics of Japan by Stockwin J A A
Historical dictionary of the Republic of Korea by Andrew C. Nahm; James E. Hoare
Korea between empires by Andre Schmid

Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia: a historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor by Ooi Keat Gin (Editor)
Historical dictionary of Thailand by Harold E. Smith
Historical dictionary of Malaysia by Keat Gin Ooi
Historical dictionary of Indonesia by Robert Cribb; Audrey Kahin
Historical dictionary of Singapore by Justin J. Corfield; K. Mulliner
Historical dictionary of Laos by Martin Stuart-Fox
Historical dictionary of Cambodia by Laura Summers; Justin Corfield
Historical dictionary of Vietnam by Bruce McFarland Lockhart; William J. Duiker
Historical dictionary of the Philippines by Artemio Guillermo
Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia by Joseph Liow; Michael Leifer