A concise history of Japan / Brett L. Walker.
Title:
A concise history of Japan / Brett L. Walker.
ISBN:
9780521178723
9781107004184
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
©2015
Physical Description:
xxviii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Introduction: Writing Japanese history -- The birth of the Yamato State, 14,500 BCE-710 CE -- The Courtly Age, 710-1185 -- The rise of Samurai rule, 1185-1336 -- Medieval Japan and the warring states period, 1336-1573 -- Japan's encounter with Europe, 1543-1640 -- Unifying the realm, 1560-1603 -- Early modern Japan, 1600-1800 -- The rise of imperial nationalism, 1770-1854 -- Meiji enlightenment, 1868-1912 -- Meiji's discontents, 1868-1920 -- The birth of Japan's imperial state, 1800-1910 -- Empire and imperial democracy, 1905-1931 -- The Pacific War, 1931-1945 -- Japan's post-war history, 1945-present -- Natural disasters and the edge of history.
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OCLC Number:
ocn890067954
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