Japan : a documentary history

Author(s)

• Lu, David John

Bibliographic Information

Japan : a documentary history

David J. Lu

（An East gate book）

M.E. Sharpe, c1997

• : cloth

Note

"Japan : A Documentary History is being published simultaneously in one clothbound edition, which includes the complete text, and two paperback editions: Vol. I: The Dawn of History to the Late Tokugawa Period, and Vol.II: The Late Tokugawa Period to the Present. The complete table of contents and the complete index appear in all three, and the pagination of the paperbacks is sequential."—Contents

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An updated edition of David Lu's acclaimed "Sources of Japanese History", this book presents in a student-friendly format original Japanese documents from Japan's mythological beginnings through 1995. Covering the full spectrum of political, economic, diplomatic as well as cultural and intellectual history, this classroom resource offers insight not only into the past but also into Japan's contemporary civilisation. Three major criteria used in the document selection were that: the selection avoids duplication with other collections - 75% of the documents presented here are newly translated; a document accurately reflects the spirit of the times and the life-styles of the people; and emphasis is on the development of social, economic and political institutions.

Table of Contents

Preface, Note on Japanese and Chinese Names and Terms, I. Dawn of Japanese History, II. The Impact of Chinese Civilization, III. The Early Heian Period, IV. Rise of Feudal Institutions, V. Kamakura Buddhism, VI. The Development of Feudal Institutions through the Muromachi Period, VII. From Civil Wars to Unification, VIII. Tokugawa: Era of Peace, IX. Intellectual Currents in Tokugawa Japan, X. The End of the Tokugawa Rule, XI. Early Meiji Political Development, XII. Social and Economic Development in the Meiji Era, XIII. Taish? Democracy, XIV. Rise of Ultranationalism and the Pacific War, XV. Japan under Occupation, XVI. Politics and Problems of Security, XVII. Emergence of an Economic Superpower, XVIII. Heisei: Age of Uncertainty, XIX. Bridging the Past and Present, Appendices, Index

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Details

• NCID: BA30113768
• ISBN:
  • 1563249065
• LCCN: 96024433
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Armonk, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 668 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 210
  • LCC : DS835
  • DC20 : 952
  • NDLC : GB71
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japan -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10415287