A concise history of Japan / Brett L. Walker.
Series: Cambridge concise histories: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xxviii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107004184; 9780521178723.Subject(s): Japan -- HistoryDDC classification: 952Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 952 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 012065 |
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.