Walker, Brett L.,  1967- <br/><br/>
A concise history of Japan / 
Brett L. Walker. 
 - xxviii, 336 pages :  illustrations, maps 
 - Cambridge concise histories .
 - Cambridge concise histories. .
<br/><br/>The birth of the Yamato State, 14,500 BCE-710 CE -- The Courtly Age, 710-1185 -- The rise of Samurai rule, 1185-1336 -- Medieval Japan and the warring states period, 1336-1573 -- Japan's encounter with Europe, 1542-1640 -- Unifying the realm, 1560-1603 -- Early modern Japan, 1600-1800 -- The rise of imperial nationalism, 1770-1854 -- Meiji enlightenment, 1868-1912 -- Meiji's discontents, 1868-1920 -- The birth of Japan's imperial state, 1800-1910 -- Empire and imperial democracy, 1905-1931 -- The Pacific War, 1931-45 -- Japan's postwar history, 1945-present -- Natural disasters and the edge of history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107004184 9780521178723 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>952