A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations
Author: Conrad Schirokauer
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 708
ISBN-13:
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A Brief History of Japanese Civilization
Author: Conrad Schirokauer
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Preface. Part I: BEGINNINGS AND FOUNDATIONS. 1. Early Japan. 2. The Impact of Continental Civilization. Part II: ARISTOCRATS, MONKS, AND SAMURAI. 3. The Heian Period. 4. The Kamakura Period. 5. The Ashikaga Shogunate: Integration and Disintegration. Part III: LATE TRADITIONAL JAPAN. 6. The Formation of a New Order. 7. The Tokugawa Shogunate: The Middle Years. Part IV: JAPAN IN THE MODERN WORLD. 8. Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji. 9. The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894. 10. Imperial Japan 18951931. 11. Militarism and War. 12. The New Japan. Afterword. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index.
Japanese Civilization
Author: S. N. Eisenstadt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9780226195582
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the world's leading social theorists provides a monumental synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture, and social organization. Equipped with a thorough command of the subject, S. N. Eisenstadt focuses on the non-ideological character of Japanese civilization as well as its infinite capacity to recreate community through an ongoing past.
An Ecological View of History
Author: Tadao Umesao
Publisher: ISBS
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781876843892
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The Heritage of Japanese Civilization
Author: Albert M. Craig
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This short survey of the rich and long history of Japan provides an overall framework from its origins to today. It presents traditions in every field of the arts and literature, political changes, economic advancements, and developments in society, commerce, and culture.Five chapters cover distinct eras: Japan's origins to the twelfth century; medieval Japan, Tokugawa Rule, modern Japan: 1853-1945, and from war's end to the new millenium.For anyone interested in the civilization of Asia and Japan.
An Introduction to Japanese Civilization
Brief History of Japan
Author: Jonathan Clements
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2017-08-01
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1462919340
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a divine sovereign. It was the terminus of the Silk Road, the furthest end of the known world, a fertile source of inspiration for European artists, and an enduring symbol of the mysterious East. In recent times, it has become a powerhouse of global industry, a nexus of popular culture, and a harbinger of post-industrial decline. With intelligence and wit, author Jonathan Clements blends documentary and storytelling styles to connect the past, present and future of Japan, and in broad yet detailed strokes reveals a country of paradoxes: a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes resting on the world's most active earthquake zone; a fast-paced urban and technologically advanced country whose land consists predominantly of mountains and forests. Among the chapters in this Japanese history book are: The Way of the Gods: Prehistoric and Mythical Japan A Game of Thrones: Minamoto vs. Taira Time Warp: 200 Years of Isolation The Stench of Butter: Restoration and Modernization The New Breed: The Japanese Miracle
Globalizing the Prehistory of Japan
Author: Ann Kumar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-11-24
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1135784728
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This iconoclastic work on the prehistory of Japan and of South East Asia challenges entrenched views on the origins of Japanese society and identity. The social changes that took place in Japan in the time-period when the Jomon culture was replaced by the Yayoi culture were of exceptional magnitude, going far beyond those of the so-called Neolithic Revolution in other parts of the world. They included not only a new way of life based on wet-rice agriculture but also the introduction of metalworking in both bronze and iron, and furthermore a new architecture functionally and ritually linked to rice cultivation, a new religion, and a hierarchical society characterized by a belief in the divinity of the ruler. Because of its immense and enduring impact the Yayoi period has generally been seen as the very foundation of Japanese civilization and identity. In contrast to the common assumption that all the Yayoi innovations came from China and Korea, this work combines exciting new scientific evidence from such different fields as rice genetics, DNA and historical linguistics to show that the major elements of Yayoi civilization actually came, not from the north, but from the south.
A Brief History of Japanese Civilisation
Author: Conrad Schirokauer
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Published: 2006-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780618915224
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This compelling text explores the development of Japan through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through its economic, political, and social history. This author team combines strong research with extensive classroom teaching experience to offer a clear, consistent, and highly readable text that is accessible to students with no previous knowledge of the history of Japan.
Ancient Japan
Author: Captivating History
Publisher:
Published: 2019-12-11
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781647481421
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Japan, the country of the rising sun, is today known as one of the most prosperous and technologically advanced nations despite not having many natural resources. This guide will lead you into that dive, showing how those characteristics synonymous with the Japanese civilization gradually appeared, formed, and transformed through time.
