JAPAN BEFORE PERRY by Conrad Totman ( 9780520254077 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

JAPAN BEFORE PERRY
A SHORT HISTORY

By:

Conrad Totman

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0520254074

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9780520254077

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 January, 2008

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

260

Description:

By 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a array of sophisticated cultural production. This work examines the origins of Japanese civilization and explores in the classical, medieval, and early-modern epochs.

Synopsis:

By 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a varied array of sophisticated cultural production. In this authoritative survey, Conrad Totman examines the origins of Japanese civilization and explores in detail the classical, medieval, and early-modern epochs, weaving interpretations of the major themes in Japan's cultural and political development into a rich historical narrative.

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University of California Press

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