What did common people do in their normal lives in eighteenth century Japan? What kind of work did they do? What did they eat? What tools did they use? What was "normal' and "natural" for them? Use t
How Japan came of age in the final critical six months of negotiation that ended these treaties is carefully examined in this study that employs MutsuOs extensive personal and official correspondence
Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements,Modern Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A summary of Japan’s early histor
Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A summary of Japan’s earl
The fifth edition of this reference on Japan contains updated material on domestic politics, foreign relations, and the March 2011 disasters, as well as an updated list of leaders. After an introducti
Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane’s rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second Edition of Premodern Japan. The text traces the key