Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879 - Softcover

Perrin, Noel

 
9780879237738: Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0879237732 ISBN 13: 9780879237738
Verlag: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

Was there ever a time when a technically sophisticated civilization reverted to an earlier, less advanced technology? There was, Japan, 1543-1879. During this period Japan effectively prohibited all manufacture of firearms and gunpowder, and isolated itself from the rest of the world with a blockade that remained successful until Commodore Perry's celebrated opening of Japan in 1854. An altogether fascinating book because Perrin is a consistently good storyteller, because even his footnotes are a delight to read, and because this story has few parallels in modern history.

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Noel Perrin was an American essayist and professor of English and environmental studies at various colleges, including Dartmouth and Warsaw University. He was the author of thirteen books and a frequent contributor to Vermont Life, Country Journal, The New Yorker, and other magazines.

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Verlag
David R. Godine, Publisher
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0879237732
ISBN 13 
9780879237738
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Anzahl der Seiten
136
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