{"product_id":"a-history-of-japan-paperback-softback-9780631214472","title":"A History of Japan (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631214472","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eConrad Totman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631214472, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 April 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e660 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.5 x 3.6 cm, 1.106 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA History of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly recommended, informative, scholarly, comprehensive, and 'reader friendly' introduction and historical survey that will be much appreciated by students of Japanese history and culture, and has a wealth of material for the non-specialist general reader seeking to understand the Japan of antiquity as well as a contemporary and influential society.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not until Conrad Totman's \u003ci\u003eA History of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e has there been such a sophisticated and detailed record of Japan's past, one that combines and critiques the standard perspectives while adding a new vision all its own. In a word, this is the best single-volume examination of Japan's history available .\u003ci\u003e. A History of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece.\" \u003ci\u003eMonumenta Nipponica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A clear and concise overview of the whole of Japanese history.\" \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Students and the ... general reader ... will profit from engagement with this book.\" \u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA History of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most perceptive and illuminating studies of Japan's history to have appeared in English in recent decades, and is likely to be widely used by teachers, students and researchers.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eTotman's work reflects its author's erudition, expansive vision, and humanism. It will suit the needs of instructors and many general readers perfectly.\" \u003ci\u003eDavid Howell, Princeton University, for the Journal of Japanese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis authoritative and accessible book charts the history of Japan from c.8000 bc to the 1990s.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eConventions Used.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Beginnings:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Geology, Climate, and Biota.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. From Origins to Agriculture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Age of Dispersed Agriculturalists (400 BCE - 1250 CE):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Political Consolidation to 671 CE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Establishing the Ritsuryô Order (672-750).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Ritsuryô Adaptation and Decay (750-1250).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Classical Higher Culture (750-1250).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Age of Intensive Agriculture (1250-1890):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Centuries of Disorder (1250-1890).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Medieval Higher Culture (1250-1550).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Establishing the Bakuhan Order (1550-1700).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Age of Growth (1590-1700).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Stasis and Decay (1700-1850).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Crisis and Redirection (1800-1890).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Age of Industrialism: Early Decades (1890-Present):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Early Imperial Triumph (1890-1914).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Early Imperial Society and Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Later Imperial Politics and Economy (1914-1945).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Later Imperial Society and Culture (1914-1945).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Drift to Disaster (1914-1945).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Entrepreneurial Japan: Politics and Economy (1945-1990).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Society and Environment (1945-1990).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. The Culture of Entrepreneurial Japan (1945-1990).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Japan Today and Tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. Tables I-X.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Chinese Words: Wade-Giles \u0026amp; Pinyin Orthographies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. Glossary of Japanese Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD. Supplemental.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509129310488,"sku":"9780631214472","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631214472.jpg?v=1786493279","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-japan-paperback-softback-9780631214472","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}