TY - BOOK AU - Schirokauer,Conrad AU - Lurie,David AU - Gay,Suzanne Marie TI - A brief history of Japanese civilization SN - 9780495913252 U1 - 952 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston. Massachusetts PB - Wadsworth / Cengage Learning KW - Japan KW - Civilization KW - BUEsh KW - BUSBOL KW - February2019 N1 - 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 N2 - 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. ER -