Culture of Civil War in Kyoto

Informationen zum Autor Mary Elizabeth Berry is Professor of History at the University of California! Berkeley. She is the author of Hideyoshi (1982). Klappentext "Berry examines the very complex and frequently unintelligible relationships between politics and culture in sixteenth century Kyoto. It is surprising that anybody could seriously undertake this immense task. . . . A genuinely impressive accomplishment."-Harry Harootunian! University of Chicago Zusammenfassung Investigating the state of upheaval in Japan during a period which destroyed the medieval order and established modern polity, this historical study uses diaries and archive material to examine the structures of order which abated war and chaos and encouraged transformation. Inhaltsverzeichnis LIST OF FIGURES! MAPS! AND ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PRELUDE: THEY COLLECTED ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN HEADS 1 The Culture of Lawlessness! the Politics of Demonstration 2 Dancing Is Forbidden: The Structures of Urban Conflict 3 Word Wars: The Refuge of the Past 4 Popular Insurrection 5 Work: The Structures of Daily Life 6 Neighborhood: The Reconfiguration of Attachment 7 Play: The Freedom of invention AFTERWORD: SCENES IN AND AROUND THE CAPITAL NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Mary Elizabeth Berry, Marry E. Berry
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 20.03.1997
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• EAN: 9780520208773
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20877-3
• Pages: 407
• Series: Philip E. Lilienthal Book
• Subjects: Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, CE period up to c 1500, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600