A brief history of Japanese civilization /
Schirokauer, Conrad.
A brief history of Japanese civilization / Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, Suzanne Gay. - 4th ed. - xv, 310 pages : col. illustrations, col. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography : p. 277-298.
Part One: Beginnings and foundations. Prehistory of the Japanese archipelago. The early state: Chinese and Korean influences --
Part Two: Aristocrats, monks, and Samurai. The Heian period. The Kamakura period in Japan. Muromachi Japan --
Part Three: Early modern/late traditional Japan. The formation of a new order. Tokugawa Shogunate --
Part Four: Japan and the modern world. Endings and beginnings: from Tokugawa to Meiji, 1787-1873. The emergence of modern Japan: 1874-1894. Imperial Japan: 1895-1931. Militarism and war. The new Japan.
This compelling text explores the development of Japan through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through their economic, political, and social history.
9780495913252 0495913251
Japan--Civilization.
952 / SCH
A brief history of Japanese civilization / Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, Suzanne Gay. - 4th ed. - xv, 310 pages : col. illustrations, col. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography : p. 277-298.
Part One: Beginnings and foundations. Prehistory of the Japanese archipelago. The early state: Chinese and Korean influences --
Part Two: Aristocrats, monks, and Samurai. The Heian period. The Kamakura period in Japan. Muromachi Japan --
Part Three: Early modern/late traditional Japan. The formation of a new order. Tokugawa Shogunate --
Part Four: Japan and the modern world. Endings and beginnings: from Tokugawa to Meiji, 1787-1873. The emergence of modern Japan: 1874-1894. Imperial Japan: 1895-1931. Militarism and war. The new Japan.
This compelling text explores the development of Japan through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through their economic, political, and social history.
9780495913252 0495913251
Japan--Civilization.
952 / SCH