A History of Japan : History of Japan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Totman, Conrad D.

Contributor:

Blackwell Publishers,.

Series:

Blackwell History of the World Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--History.

Japan -- History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (722 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.

Summary:

This is an updated edition of Conrad Totman's authoritative history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day. The first edition was widely praised for combining sophistication and accessibility. Covers a wide range of subjects, including geology, climate, agriculture, government and politics, culture, literature, media, foreign relations, imperialism, and industrialism. Updated to include an epilogue on Japan today and tomorrow. Now includes more on women in history and more on international relations. Bibliographical listings have been updated and enlarged.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Conventions Used

Series Editor's Preface

Preface to the Revised Edition

Preface

Acknowledgments

Maps

Introduction

PART I: BEGINNINGS

Introduction to Part I

Chronology of Part I

1 GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND BIOTA

Japan's Geography Today

The Geological Heritage

The Influence Of Climate and Ocean Currents

The Biotic Inheritance

2 FROM ORIGINS TO AGRICULTURE

Early Foragers

Later Foragers

The Emergence of Agriculture

PART II: THE AGE OF DISPERSED AGRICULTURALISTS (400 BCE-1250 CE)

Introduction to Part II

Chronology of Part II

3 POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION TO 671 CE

Continental Influences

Material Foundations

The Struggle for Hegemony

4 ESTABLISHING THE RITSURYŌ ORDER (672-750)

A Political Narrative

The Sources

Establishing a Capital City

Forming a State Church

The Ritsuryō State at 750

The Broader Context

5 RITSURYŌ ADAPTATION AND DECAY (750-1250)

The Elements of Stability

Forces for Change

6 CLASSICAL HIGHER CULTURE(750-1250)

The Beginnings

Flowering: The Sekkanke Heyday

Broadening: The Later Years

PART III: THE AGE OF INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE (1250-1890)

Introduction to Part III

Chronology of Part III

7 THE CENTURIES OF DISORDER (1250-1550)

Trends in Production and Distribution

8 MEDIEVAL HIGHER CULTURE(1250-1550)

Kenmon Culture

Religious Developments

Vocal Literature

9 ESTABLISHING THE BAKUHAN ORDER (1550-1700)

The Bakuhan System at 1700

10 THE AGE OF GROWTH(1590-1700)

Dimensions of Expansion

Kyoto Revived

Enriching a Common Higher Culture

11 STASIS AND DECAY (1700-1850)

Primary Production:Trends and Ramifications

Cultural and Political Trends.

12 CRISIS AND REDIRECTION (1800-1890)

Foreign Complications

Redirection: Toward Industrialism

PART IV: THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISM: EARLY DECADES (1890-PRESENT)

Introduction to Part IV

Chronology of Part IV

13 EARLY IMPERIAL TRIUMPH (1890-1914)

Domestic Political Process

Becoming an Imperial Power

Domestic Growth

14 EARLY IMPERIAL SOCIETY AND CULTURE (1890-1914)

Social Issues

Articulate Culture

15 LATER IMPERIAL POLITICS AND ECONOMY (1914-1945)

The Politics of Disorder

16 LATER IMPERIAL SOCIETY AND CULTURE (1914-1945)

17 DRIFT TO DISASTER (1914-1945)

The Diplomacy of Disorder

Into the Global Maelstrom

18 ENTREPRENEURIAL JAPAN: POLITICS AND ECONOMY (1945-1990)

The Diplomatic Context

Survival and Redirection (1945-1960)

Shōwa Genroku (1960-1990)

19 SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT(1945-1990)

Environmental Issues

20 THE CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ]APAN (1945-1990)

Media and Messages

Modes of Cultural Expression

EPILOGUE: JAPAN TODAY AND TOMORROW

Immediate Issues

The Larger Picture

Notes

Appendices

A Supplemental Tables

B Chinese Words: Wade-Giles and Pinyin Orthographies

C Glossary of Japanese Terms

D Supplemental Readings

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Totman, Conrad A History of Japan

ISBN:

9781119022336

OCLC:

890982072