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Author: Milton W. Meyer Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN: 0742557936 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 376
Book Description
The emergence of Japan as a political and economic global power has been one of the most remarkable success stories of modern history. Though small in geographic area, the archipelago is the tenth most populous country, with 128 million inhabitants crowded into an area the size of Montana. Its natural resources are almost nonexistent, yet today it ranks only second after the much larger United States as the most affluent and economically productive nation in the world. Its rich cultural heritage and high-tech society are equally vibrant. For all readers wanting to better understand this dynamic country, this popular and accessible introduction offers an authoritative yet concise overview of two thousand years of Japanese history. Now fully updated to the present, this edition also includes an array of photographs and illustrations. The first half of the book explores the pre-Meiji era up to 1868. The second half traces domestic changes and relevant foreign issues in the modernizing era launched by the Meiji Restoration. Highlighting key historical events, Milton W. Meyer also includes cultural, artistic, and religious milestones. Summaries and datelines at the end of each chapter, as well as a glossary, offer additional essential reference points. With its clear explanations of Japanese traditions, religion, history, economics, politics, and relations with the West, this book provides an invaluable guide for understanding contemporary Japan.
Author: Andrew Cobbing Publisher: Global Oriental ISBN: 9004213120 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 408
Book Description
This book examines key themes of Kyushu’s history from earliest times – the cultural interaction with the continental mainland, settlement, location and infrastructure as well as trade and commerce – arguing that it was the principal stepping-stone in terms of Japan’s cultural, social and economic advance through history up to the present day.
Author: Peter C. Swann Publisher: Tokyo : Kodansha International ; New York : distributor, Kodansha International through Harper & Row ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 332
Book Description
A general survey of Japanese art, including textiles, ceramics, and calligraphy as well as more traditional forms, explores the cultural and religious influences that have shaped its development
Author: Michael Wert Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0190932945 Category : HISTORY Languages : en Pages : 118
Book Description
"A book about the samurai from their origins to their disappearance. It dispels a lot of myths about the samurai one might encounter in popular culture. It describes samurai life, work, philosophy, and warfare as it changed over time from the eighth to the nineteenth century. It covers what samurai were doing when they weren't fighting, and how women and families played a role in forming the samurai class. I also describe how samurai struggled with the crisis of becoming sword-wearing bureaucrats instead of mighty warriors from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries"--
Author: Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1490714421 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 952
Book Description
Afghanistan Literature is Worlds greatest and richest without Afghan- Literature no European (German, French, Spanish or English) Literature would exist today The Vedas, Zoroastrian, and Buddhist, among the oldest known Literature of Afghanistan, originating from the Great capital of Bactria present day Balkh, and Aria present day Herat, Sanskrit is the reference to the original history of Afghanistan. The Saxon Europeans influence during the Great Games of the mid nineteenth century affected the Afghan language, religion and Territories size, which previously had extended from India to North Africa at 2.6 million square kilometers. The Great Games continued at any cost evolving into present-day conflicts of 2013.
Author: Brett L. Walker
Author: Brett L. Walker
Author: Milton Walter Meyer
Author: Milton W. Meyer
Author: Noel Fairchild Busch
Author: Andrew Cobbing
Author: Noel F. Busch
Author: Peter C. Swann
Author: Michael Wert
Author: Sampa Biswas
Author: Hamid Wahed Alikuzai