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A history of Japan / R.H.P. Mason and J.G. Caiger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, R. H. P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japan--History.
- Japan.
- Japan--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (601 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fascinating look at Japan from its early pre-history through the post-cold War period to the collapse of the Bubble Economy in the early 1990's. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture. Also included here is an in-depth analysis of the religion, arts and culture of the Japanese people form the 6th century B.C.E. to the present. This contemporary classic, now updated and revised, continues to be an essential text in Japanese studies.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Archaic Japan
- pt. 2. Ancient Japan
- pt. 3. Medieval Japan
- pt. 4. Early modern Japan
- pt. 5. Modern Japan.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4629-0097-6
- OCLC:
- 753480369
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