Japan Before Perry: A Short History - Softcover

Japan Before Perry: A Short History.

Paperback. Zustand: Gut. XV, 246 p.: Maps. Einband berieben, mit leichten Randläsuren, Buchrücken lichtbedingt leicht ausgeblichen, sonst ein gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Binding rubbed, with light edge wear, spine slightly faded due to light, otherwise a good copy without annotations. - Contents List of Maps Preface 1 The Beginnings Prehistoric cultures The Yamato age 2 Classical Japan: An Age of Aristocratic Bureaucracy The origins of aristocratic bureaucracy Evolution of the political order, A.D. 700-1100 Higher culture Aristocratic Buddhism Arts and letters The larger society The waning of an age 3 Medieval Japan: An Age of Political Fluidity The emergence of bushi rule Evolution of the political order, A.D. 1250-1500 Higher culture The bushi ethos Religious thought and action Arts and letters: a new aesthetic unity Social change: the early phase of a metamorphosis Economic trends Military trends Trends in gross productivity and population The legacy of an age 4 Early-Modern Japan: An Age of Integral Bureaucracy The forging of integral bureaucracy Emergence of the new structure The chronology of pacification Evolution of the political order, A.D. 1615-1850 Elaboration of the polity Articulation of an ideology of rule Stresses in the polity Higher culture Bushi culture Chonin culture The spread of literacy and learning The pattern of early-modern thought Social change: toward completion of a metamorphosis Urbanization Commercialization Rural change The decay of an age Rural disorder New directions in arts and letters New trends in political thought Growth and regulation The environmental legacy Early-modern growth Early-modern regulation Conclusion Glossary Bibliographical Note Index. ISBN 9780520041349 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 45. Artikel-Nr. 1225715

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