The Cambridge history of Japan / general editors, John W. Hall ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, John Whitney, 1916-1997.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--History.

Japan.

History.

Physical Description:

volumes : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988-

Summary:

Japan's ancient age was a period of radical social and political change during which a Chinese-style empire emerged. This volume in The Cambridge History of Japan spans the beginnings of human existence to the end of the eight century, focusing on the thousand years between 300 B. C. and A. D. 784 when the Nara period came to an end.

Contents:

v. 1. Ancient Japan

v. 2 Heian Japan

v. 3. Medieval Japan

v. 4. Early Modern Japan

v. 5. The nineteenth century.

v. 6. The twentieth century / edited by Peter Duus.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: volume 6, pages 775-826.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0521223571

OCLC:

17483588