The Cambridge History of Japan: Early Modern Japan: Volume 4 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521223555 ISBN 13: 9780521223553

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Riassunto

This is the fourth of six volumes designed to explore the history of Japan from prehistoric to modern times. Volume 4 covers the years from 1550 to 1800, a short but surprisingly eventful period in Japanese history commonly referred to as Japan's Early Modern Age. At the start, in the sixteenth century, much of the country was being pulled apart by local military lords engaged in a struggle for land and local hegemony. These daimyo succeeded in dividing Japan into nearly autonomous regional domains. This volume attempts to flesh out the historical tale with insights into the way that people lived and worked. It examines the relationship between peasant and local lord, and between the lord, as a unit of local government, and the emerging shogunate. It offers insights into the evolution of indigenous thought and religion and it also deals with Japan's foreign relations, particularly the impact of the Christian missionary movement.

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Recensione:

"...a project that bears the marks of careful planning and organization by experienced editors who are themselves distinguished historians of Japan....Clearly written and free of jargon, all essays contain topical subheadings that are helpfully placed at the top of the pages as well as within the texts." E. Patricia Tsurumi, Canadian Journal of History

"...a tour de force that at once represents the culmination of several generations of scholarship and heralds the advent of a new level of sophistication in the study of Japan's early modern history." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies

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Volume 4 covers the years from 1550 to 1800, a short but surprisingly eventful period in Japanese history commonly referred to as Japan's Early Modern Age, from the growth of near-autonomous ddomains, through the period of the shogunate to the Meiji restoration. This volume attempts to flesh out the historical tale with insights into the way that people lived and worked.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521223555
• ISBN 13: 9780521223553
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 860
• Redattore: Hall John Whitney