Book Description
This book provides a compelling narrative history of Japan from c. 8000 BC until the 1990s. The author examines geology, climate and agriculture; political consolidation and government; culture, literature and media; socio-economic structure and development; foreign relations, diplomacy and imperialism; industrialism and entrepreneurial growth; and social, gender and environmental issues. The book provides students and general readers with a fascinating and informative overview of the varied history of this region.
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About the author
Conrad Totman is Professor Emeritus at Yale University. He has also taught Japanese History at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Northwestern University. He is the author of ten previous books including Japan Before Perry: A Short History (1981), Tokugawa Japan, the Social and Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan (1990) and Early Modern Japan (1993).
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