History of Japan

Klappentext This authoritative and accessible book charts the history of Japan from c.8000 bc to the 1990s. Conrad Totman conceptualizes the country's history in terms of four major ages: the age of foragers, dispersed agriculturalists, intensive agriculture, and industrialism. Within this framework, he traces the changing patterns of human-environment relations and examines their interplay with the more familiar realms of political, socio-economic, and cultural history. The book treats the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries in considerable detail and gives fullest coverage to the twentieth century when this island nation became a major player on the stage of world history. In its survey of this recent history, it explores: diplomatic and domestic political affairs; economic development and change; class, gender, and ethnicity; ideology and political punditry; cultural production in the arts; letters, music, and popular entertainment; and environmental issues. For the second edition, an epilogue has been added looking at Japan today and tomorrow, paying particular attention to environmental and diplomatic issues. Zusammenfassung * Provides a complete history of the region from 8000 BC to the present day. * Covers all varieties of history from cultural and social to economic and environmental. .

Product details

• Authors: Totman, Conrad Totman, Conrad (Yale University) Totman, Totman Conrad
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2000
• EAN: 9780631214472
• ISBN: 978-0-631-21447-2
• No. of pages: 660
• Series: Blackwell History of the World; Blackwell History of the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Asian History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory