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Brief History of Japanese Civilization by Conrad Schirokauer (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWadsworth
ISBN-100155002821
ISBN-139780155002821
eBay Product ID (ePID)56249
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBrief History of Japanese Civilization
Publication Year1993
SubjectAsia / Japan, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorConrad Schirokauer
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN92-071436
TitleLeadingA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal952
Table Of ContentPreface. Part I: Beginnings and Foundations. 1. Early Japan. 2. The Impact of Continental Civilization. Part II: Aristocrats, Monks, and Samurai. 3. The Heian Period. 4. The Kamakura Period. 5. The Ashikaga Shogunate: Integration and Disintegration. Part III: Late Traditional Japan. 6. The Formation of a New Order. 7. The Tokugawa Shogunate: The Middle Years. Part IV: Japan in the Modern World. 8. Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji. 9. The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894. 10. The Limits of Success: 1895-1931. 11. Contemporary Japan. 12. Contemporary Japan. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index.
SynopsisThis balanced account of Japanese history focuses on developments in art, religion, literature, and thought as well as economic, political, and social history in a new four color-format. In addition to Conrad Schirokauer, this text has two new authors. Suzanne Gay is Professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College. Her research interests include the social and economic history of medieval Japan, with a particular emphasis on the role of commoners in history. David Lurie researches the history of writing systems in Japan and also works on the cultural and intellectual history of Japan through the Heian period. This author team combines strong research with extensive classroom teaching experience to offer a clear, consistent, and highly readable text accessible to students with no previous knowledge of the history of Japan., 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.
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