Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850

by Karl F. Friday

Book Overview

Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for this volume outline and explore the main developments in Japanese life through ancient, classical, medieval, and early modern periods. Instead of relying solely on lists of dates and prominent names, the authors focus on why and how Japanese political,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813344832
• ISBN13: 9780813344836
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"