Format:
Online-Ressource (381 p)
Edition:
4th ed
ISBN:
9780742541184
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0742541177
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9780742541177
Content:
This popular and accessible introduction to Japan offers readers an authoritative yet concise overview of two thousand years of Japanese history. Now fully updated to the present, this edition also includes an array of photographs and illustrations. The first half of the book explores the pre-Meiji era up to 1868. The second half traces domestic and relevant foreign events in the modernizing era launched by the Meiji Restoration. Milton W. Meyer's clear explanations of Japanese traditions, religion, history, economics, politics, and relations with the West provide an invaluable aid for underst
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introducing Japan; Part I: TRADITIONAL JAPAN; Chapter 01. Ancient Japan; Chapter 02. Yamato Japan; Chapter 03. Nara Japan; Chapter 04. Heian Japan; Part II: FEUDAL JAPAN; Chapter 05. Kamakura Japan; Chapter 06. Ashikaga Japan; Chapter 07. Tokugawa Japan: Stability; Chapter 08. Tokugawa Japan: Change; Chapter 09. Tokugawa Japan: Western Intrusion; Part III: MODERN JAPAN; Chapter 10. Meiji Japan: Politics; Chapter 11. Meiji Japan: Economics and Society; Chapter 12. Meiji Japan: Foreign Relations; Chapter 13. Imperial Japan: World Power
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Chapter 14. Imperial Japan: Peace and ConflictChapter 15. Imperial Japan: World War II; Part IV: POSTWAR JAPAN; Chapter 16. Occupied Japan; Chapter 17. Contemporary Japan (Since 1952): Domestic Affairs-Politics; Chapter 18. Contemporary Japan: Domestic Affairs-Economics and Society; Chapter 19. Contemporary Japan: Foreign Affairs; Appendix: Japanese Prime Ministers; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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Traditional Japan: prehistory to 1185Ancient Japan (to ca. 400 CE) -- Yamato Japan (ca. 400-700) -- Nara Japan (710-794) -- Heian Japan (794-1185) -- Feudal Japan (1185-1868) -- Kamakuru Japan (1185-1333) -- Ashikaga Japan (1333-1603) -- Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868): stability -- Tokugawa Japan: change -- Tokugawa Japan: Western intrusion -- Modern Japan (1868-1945) -- Meiji Japan (1868-1912): politics -- Meiji Japan: economics and society -- Meiji Japan: foreign relations -- Imperial Japan: world power (1912-1922) -- Imperial Japan: peace and conflict (1922-1937) -- Imperial Japan: World War II (1937-1945) -- Postwar Japan (1945 to present) -- Occupied Japan (1945-1952) -- Contemporary Japan (since 1952): domestic affairs, politics -- Contemporary Japan: domestic affairs, economics and society -- Contemporary Japan: foreign affairs.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742557932
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742541184
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Japan : A Concise History
Language:
English
Keywords:
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