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A concise history of Japan
Title
A concise history of Japan / Brett L. Walker.
ISBN
9780521178723 (pbk.)
052117872X (pbk.)
9781107004184 (hbk.)
1107004187 (hbk.)
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
xxviii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2015
Series
Cambridge concise histories
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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