A concise history of Japan /
To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with...
| Основен автор: | Walker, Brett L., 1967- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Серия: |
Cambridge concise histories.
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Съдържание:
- The birth of the Yamato State, 14,500 BCE-710 CE
- The Courtly Age, 710-1185
- The rise of Samurai rule, 1185-1336
- Medieval Japan and the warring states period, 1336-1573
- Japan's encounter with Europe, 1543-1640
- Unifying the realm, 1560-1603
- Early modern Japan, 1600-1800
- The rise of imperial nationalism, 1770-1854
- Meiji enlightenment, 1868-1912
- Meiji's discontents, 1868-1920
- The birth of Japan's imperial state, 1800-1910
- Empire and imperial democracy, 1905-1931
- The Pacific War, 1931-1945
- Japan's post-war history, 1945-present
- Natural disasters and the edge of history.