A Concise History of JapanCambridge University Press, 26.2.2015 - 336 sivua To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The book begins by tracing the country's early history through archaeological remains, before proceeding to explore life in the imperial court, the rise of the samurai, civil conflict, encounters with Europe, and the advent of modernity and empire. Integrating the pageantry of a unique nation's history with today's environmental concerns, Walker's vibrant and accessible new narrative then follows Japan's ascension from the ashes of World War II into the thriving nation of today. It is a history for our times, posing important questions regarding how we should situate a nation's history in an age of environmental and climatological uncertainties. |
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Writing Japanese History | 1 |
The Birth of the Yamato State 14500 bce 710 ce | 10 |
The Courtly Age 7101185 | 26 |
The Rise of Samurai Rule 11851336 | 44 |
Medieval Japan and the Warring States Period 13361573 | 66 |
Japans Encounter with Europe 15431640 | 83 |
Unifying the Realm 15601603 | 102 |
Early Modern Japan 16001800 | 124 |
Meijis Discontents 18681920 | 179 |
The Birth of Japans Imperial State 18001910 | 201 |
Empire and Imperial Democracy 19051931 | 218 |
The Pacific War 19311945 | 240 |
Japans PostWar History 1945Present 261 283 | 261 |
Natural Disasters and the Edge of History | 283 |
Glossary | 305 |
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agriculture Ainu animals Anthropocene archipelago Ashikaga Asia barbarians became began Buddhist California Press capital castle cent century China Chinese climate change Confucian court cultural daimyoˆ deities disease domain lords Early Modern Japan earthquake East Asian economic Edo bakufu emerged Emishi emperor empire Enryakuji environment environmental envoys European farmers forces Fukuzawa global Go-Daigo Heian Heian period Hideyoshi Hoˆjoˆ Hokkaido human Ieyasu imperial important industrial island Japan Joˆmon killed Korean Kyoto labour land later Manchuria medieval Meiji government Meiji period Meiji reformers Meiji Restoration merchants military million Minamoto Ming Mongol Nara natural Neo-Confucian Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga officials Osaka outcastes Pacific policies political pollution Portuguese post-war prefecture Prime Minister proved realm ritsuryoˆ rule samurai sea levels Shinto shogun shrine social society sought status system Taira temple Tokugawa Tokyo Toyotomi Toyotomi Hideyoshi trade Treaty triple disaster tsunami University Press Warring States period Western women wrote Yamato Yayoi