{"product_id":"japan-a-short-cultural-history-paperback-softback-9780804709545","title":"Japan; A Short Cultural History (Paperback \/ softback) 9780804709545","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Short Cultural History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Sansom (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804709545\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 1931\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e564 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapan: A Short Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1931 by the Cresset Press in London and D. Appleton in New York. Writing in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Oriental Society\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959, Edwin O. Reischauer, Harvard professor and leading scholar in Japanese history and culture (and future United States Ambassador to Japan) said this of George Sansom's comprehensive account of Japanese history: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"When Sir George Sansom's \u003ci\u003eJapan: A Short Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1931, it raised the study of Japanese history in the West to new levels. Its penetrating analysis of institutions, sensitive interpretations of cultural developments, and stylistic charm contrasted with the plodding pedestrian surveys and over-written anecdotal accounts that had hitherto served in the Occident as introductions to Japanese history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The present Stanford edition, the first to appear in paperback in the United States, is a photographic reproduction of the British edition except in two particulars: eight of the original twenty plates have been dropped, and the maps have been redrawn by Margaret Kays. In redrawing the maps it was decided to retain the author's terminology, orthography, and dating even where these have been discarded or suspended by more recent scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670795448600,"sku":"9780804709545","price":29.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/japan-a-short-cultural-history-paperback-softback-9780804709545","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}