Japan and its world : two centuries of change / Marius B. Jansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jansen, Marius B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--History.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1995]

Summary:

Long recognized as an authority on Japanese history, Marius Jansen synthesizes a lifetime of scholarship in this landmark book. Bringing together the series of Brown and Haley lectures delivered in 1975 at the University of Puget Sound, Japan and Its World continues to be a source of insight for anyone interested in the changing ideas the Japanese have had of themselves, the United States, and the Western world during the past two centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE TO THE 1995 PAPERBACK EDITION

INTRODUCTION

I. Challenges to the Confucian Order in the 1770~

II. Wisdom Sought Throughout the World

III. Japan's Search for Role in the Twentieth Century

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691242958

069124295X

OCLC:

1296424022