本书延续了同系列第11卷开始的跨文化交际和互动研究的发展，为了审查复杂的历史，需要有不同的多个视角。全书主要分为四个部分：第一部分关注“教育与教育学”的历史进程，关注跨文化教育及培训。第二部分分析了人们对“亚洲跨文化动态”的关注，其中有两个互补视角：一个是“中国”，这里重点探讨了“跨文化”传播的提出，追溯了进入现代中国后的人文主义概念，进而对跨文化研究、中国研究和社会科学理论的融合进行了追溯，并考察了18世纪末19世纪初英美对“中国形象”的描写；另一个是“日本”视角，研究了对国际性和跨国性影响日本的历史观点，以及冈仓天心作品中的形象研究。最后一部分专门讨论“基础与先驱“，包含了对早期文化中跨文化思维的预言的广泛研究，以及对作为跨文化思维先驱的比鲁尼的简短讨论。

Series Foreword
Michael H. Prosser

Volume Foreword
Wim M. J. van Binsbergen

Tracing Developments of Intercultural Research and Practice
Michael Steppat & Steve J. Kulich

Education and Pedagogy

Conceptualization of Culture for Intercultural Communication Training
I. A Classic Interview with Edward T. Hall
Ray S. Leki & Steve J. Kulich
II. Toward a Comprehensive Bibliography of Edward T. Hall's Works
Steve J. Kulich & John C. Condon

A Short Conceptual History of Intercultural Learning in Study Abroad
Milton J. Bennett

Stories of Storytelling: Autoethnography of Intercultural Professional Development (1)
George F. Simons

Stories of Storytelling: Autoethnography of Intercultural Professional Development (2)
Weirong Li

East Asian Intercultural Dynamics 1: China

Why Propose "Trans-Cultural Communication" Today?
Jiang Fei

Translation, Reconstruction, and Circulation of the Concept of Humanism in Modern China (1900s–1920s): A Case Study of Humanistic Thoughts by the Critical Review School
Yu Chang

Integrating Intercultural Studies, Chinese Studies, and Social Science Theory
Danny Hsu

Tracking the History of Intercultural Communication in China from the Perspective of Published Books
Suo Gefei

Orientalism Revisited: British and American Portrayals of China (1750–1840)
Rongtian Tong

East Asian Intercultural Dynamics 2: Japan

Internationality and Transnationality: Translation and Area Studies
Naoki Sakai

Intercultural Image Studies of Okakura Tenshin's English Works
Lin Zhi

Foundations and Pioneers

Prefigurations of Intercultural Thinking: Explorations in Ancient Sources
Michael Steppat & Rongtian Tong

The Non-Western Legacy: Biruni as a Pioneer of Intercultural Thinking and Studies
Hamid Mowlana

About the Authors
About the Series