A concise history of Japan

Resource Information

The work A concise history of Japan represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A concise history of Japan

Statement of responsibility

Brett L. Walker, Montana State University

Creator

• Walker, Brett L., 1967-

Author

• Walker, Brett L., 1967-

Subject

• Japan -- History

Language

eng

Summary

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The book begins by tracing the country's early history through archaeological remains, before proceeding to explore life in the imperial court, the rise of the samurai, civil conflict, encounters with Europe, and the advent of modernity and empire. Integrating the pageantry of a unique nation's history with today's environmental concerns, Walker's vibrant and accessible new narrative then follows Japan's ascension from the ashes of World War II into the thriving nation of today. It is a history for our times, posing important questions regarding how we should situate a nation's history in an age of environmental and climatological uncertainties

Member of

• Cambridge concise histories

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

952

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DS835

LC item number

.W333 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge concise histories