The Heritage of Japanese Civilization - Brossura

Craig, Albert M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0136005241 ISBN 13: 9780136005247

Casa editrice: Pearson College Div, 2010

Riassunto

For survey courses in the History of Asia and the History of Japan.

This brief survey of the long and rich history of Japan, written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, provides an overall framework for understanding this great nation from its origins to the present day. The book explores the arts and literature, political change, economic advancement, and developments in society, commerce, and culture.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Albert M. Craig is the Harvard-Yenching Research Professor of History Emeritus at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1959. A graduate of Northwestern University, he received his Ph.D. at Harvard University. He has studied at Strasbourg University and at Kyoto, Keio, and Tokyo universities in Japan. He is the author of Choshu in the Meiji Restoration (1961), The Heritage of Japanese Civilization (2011), and, with others, of East Asia , Tradition and Transformation (1989). He is the editor of Japan , A Comparative View (1973) and co-editor of Personality in Japanese History (1970), Civilization and

Enlightnment: the Early Thought of Fukuzawa Yukichi (2009). He was the director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. He has also been a visiting professor at Kyoto and Tokyo universities. He has received Guggenheim, Fulbright, and Japan Foundation Fellowships. In 1988 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pearson College Div
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0136005241
• ISBN 13: 9780136005247
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 180
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italia