Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Japan's Creative Imitations 8
5. 2. Sources of Chinese Innovation 34
6. 3. Korean Technology Transfer 61
7. 4. Asia's Creativity Problem 88
8. 5. The Anatomy of Creativity 113
9. 6. Creativity and the Alphabet 139
10. 7. Asia's Orthographic Tradition 168
11. 8. The Concrete Nature of Asian Writing 194
12. 9. The Impact of Language on Creativity 219
13. 10. Chinese Characters and Creativity 244
14. 11. Creativity and East Asian Society 263
15. 12. Conclusion 284
16. Notes 295
17. Bibliography 323
18. Index 337
19. Acknowledgments 347