Japan in World History

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-536808-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Reihe: New Oxford World History

Here is a page-turning, compact history of Japan from earliest times to the present, with a focus on its often tempestuous, often creative relationships with other countries. The book ranges from Japan's prehistoric interactions with Korea and China, to the Western challenge of the late 1500s, the partial isolation under the Tokugawa family (1600-1868), and the tumultuous interactions of more recent times, when Japan modernized ferociously, turned imperialist, lost a world war, then became the world's second largest economy--and its greatest foreign aid donor. Writing in a lively fashion, Huffman makes rich use of primary documents, illustrating events with comments by the people who lived through them: tellers of ancient myths, court women who dominated the early literary world, cynical priests who damned medieval materialism, travelers who marveled at "indecent" Western ballroom dancers in the mid-1800s, and the emperor who justified Pearl Harbor. Without ignoring standard political and military events, the book illuminates economic, social, and cultural factors; it also examines issues of gender as well as the roles of commoners, samurai, business leaders, novelists, and priests.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huffman, James L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Japan's Emergence (to c. 600 c.e.)
2: The Aristocratic Era (600-1160)
3: Years of War (1160-1550)
4: Peace and Relative Isolation (1550-1868)
5: Entering the Modern World (1868-1912)
6: At War with the World (1912-1945)
7: Japan in the Postwar World (1945- )
Chonology
Notes
Further Reading
Web Sites
Index

Über Autor(innen)

James L. Huffman is H. Orth Hirt Professor of History Emeritus at Wittenberg University.