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This balanced account of Japanese history pays attention to developments in art, religion, literature and thought as well as economic, political and social history. The author, who has studied and conducted research at The Kyoto University Institute for Humanistic Studies since 1967, offers a clear, consistent, and highly readable style that is accessible to students with no previous knowledge of Japan. Numerous illustrations, maps and timelines, and suggested readings lead the student to further study.
Review: PART I: BEGINNINGS AND FOUNDATIONS. 1. The Prehistory of the Japanese Archipelago. 2. The Early State: Chinese and Korean Influences. PART II: ARISTOCRATS, MONKS, AND SAMURAI. 3. The Heian Period. 4. The Kamakura Period in Japan. 5. Muromachi Japan. PART III: EARLY MODERN/LATE TRADITIONAL JAPAN. 6. The Formation of a New Order. 7. Tokugawa Shogunate. PART IV: JAPAN AND THE MODERN WORLD. 8. Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji, 1787-1873. 9. The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894. 10. Imperial Japan: 1895-1931. 11. Militarism and War. 12. The New Japan. Afterword.
Title: A Brief History of Japanese Civilization
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket