History of Japan, Paperback

Japan's impact on the modern world has been enormous. It occupies just one 300th of the planet's land area, yet came to wield one sixth of the worl...

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and wh...

An internationally-renowned cartoonist and reluctant war vet details Japan's involvement in World War II. Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan conti...

A sweeping yet intimate portrait of World War II s legacy in Japan.Publisher: Drawn and QuarterlyAuthor(s): Shigeru MizukiIllustration(s): Black-an...

The final, Eisner Award-winning chapter of a legendary cartoonist s history of Japan.Publisher: Drawn and QuarterlyAuthor(s): Shigeru MizukiIllustr...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Japan, then keep reading...Japan is one of the most adaptable countries in the world. It is capa...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Wildlife of Japan Mark BrazilIllustration(s): 600+ color photos, illus., and mapsNumber of pages: 3...

Reducere. This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization from 1334 to 1615 by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History....

Reducere. "Highly recommended." -- Library Journal. One of the most comprehensive handbooks available on Kabuki theatre provides readers with all the informa...

The Noh Plays of Japan is the most respected collection of Noh plays in English. The classic Japanese plays can be read for their great literary me...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of East Asia, then keep reading...Four captivating manuscripts in one book: History of China: A Cap...

Reducere. A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Asia, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient China: A Capt...

Reducere. History of Japan: From early history to the present dayIntroduction to Japan's historyAre you interested in the history of Japan?Would you like to ...

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Reducere. DescriptionThis volume of essays is the first comprehensive publication in English of the work of Miyake Hitoshi, a distinguished scholar of Shugen...

Reducere. DescriptionValley of the Shadow joins a fraternity of published first-person accounts of the fall of the Philippines, including the surrender of Co...

This book, "Araki the daimio; a Japanese story of the olden time", by Mona B Bickerstaffe, is a replication. It has been restored by human beings, ...

Presents the history of Japan from c 8000 BC to the present day. This title covers a range of subjects, including geology, climate, agriculture, go...

Japan, 1972 takes an early-seventies year as a vantage point for understanding how Japanese society came to terms with cultural change. Yoshikuni I...

Reducere. Essential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. Benedict s World War ...

In the West, Japanese culture comes in the form of Power Rangers, Godzilla movies, and Sanrio products, but of course the indigenous pop culture is...

Reducere. Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the r...

Reducere. "Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cult...

DescriptionNo more instructive campaign than the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 could be selected for the student of early 20th century military histor...

Reducere. Sherlock Holmes fans know about the "missing years" - the time when Holmes traveled in Asia after his epic battle with Professor Moriarity. Now, th...

Reducere. Author Mochitsura Hashimoto was one of the few Japanese submarine captains to survive. Shortly before the end of WW2 he inflicted the greatest sing...

Reducere. An illustrated history of tattooing in Japan. Covers from stone age tattooing up through the Edo Era. Rare illustrations of tattooing from the Edo ...

DescriptionThis book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a num...

Reducere. How do the Japanese about their native philosophy, Shinto, a decade and a half after its abolishment as a state religion by the Western Allies? // ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, then keep reading...Many people in the West look upon the Second S...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas Goodrich"We Americans have the dangerous tendency in our international thinking to take a holier-than-thou attitude ...

Reducere. In the history of the twentieth century, the role of the military intelligence services in the competition among nations is still murky. Among the ...

Reducere. New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (T...

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In Wages of Guilt, Ian Buruma explores the duplicity of feeling towards World War II amongst the people of two very different participant countries...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Danny ChaplinJapan's Sengoku jidai ('Warring States Period') was a time of crisis and upheaval, a chaotic epoch when the re...

The history of Japanese aviation offers countless stories of heroic achievements and dismal failures, passionate enthusiasm and sheer terror, brill...

Reducere. Japan's monastic warriors have fared poorly in comparison to the samurai, both in terms of historical reputation and representations in popular cul...

Reducere. This is the first collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Writt...

Reducere. ""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were. Women were not supposed to be interned either, but it h...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the invasion and occupation written by Japanese and Chinese officers and civilians *Includes online resour...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingOn October 21, 1600, two massive Japanese armies, totaling an estimated 200, 000 sold...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. Samuel WalkerIn this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes t...

``This booklet, based on original materials culled from archives in the United States and in the Russian Federation, treats a little known aspect o...

Reducere. DescriptionJoining the U.S.' war effort in 1942, Mexican President Manuel vila Camacho ordered the dislocation of Japanese Mexican communities and ...

DescriptionJapan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool provides a historical account of Japan's elite and popular cultures from premodern to ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas P. KasulisPhilosophy challenges our assumptions--especially when it comes to us from another culture. In exploring J...

Reducere. In Japanese, the word for "foreign country" means "outnation." But to many Americans and Japanese, it is Japan itself, despite its increasing influ...

Reducere. Added commentary enhances the words and drawings of resilient children during World War II.About the Author: Michael O. Tunnell is a professor of c...

Cinema of Actuality analyzes Japanese avant-garde filmmakers' struggle to radicalize cinema in light of the intensifying politics of spectacle and ...

DescriptionHistory of Art in Japan is a fully illustrated overview of Japanese art, written by one of Japan's most distinguished art historians. Th...

Into the Field is a collective biography of the generation of Japanese human scientists who created "objective" field knowledge of human diversity ...

Reducere. Opening a window onto the little-known Japanese-American heritage of Florida, Yamato Colony is the true tale of a daring immigrant venture that lef...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jin'ichi KonishiTranslator: Nicholas TeeleNumber of pages: 496Collection: Princeton Legacy LibraryP...

Reducere. Why do some cryptographic systems fail and others succeed? Stephen Kelley's new book, Big Machines, explores this fundamental question of cryptolog...

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362The Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate e...

Learn about the brutal martial culture of the Japanese military and their bizarre obsession with death.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): M...

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A cultural history of modern Japan, celebrating the novels of Mishima, the films of Ozu, and other high culture and pop culture developments as the...

Reducere. In 1942, Bill Manbo (1908-1992) and his family were forced from their Hollywood home into the Japanese American internment camp at Heart Mountain i...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary records *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "There were, I suppo...

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DescriptionWinner of the 2012 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (non-US). Most studies of the Sino-Japanese War are presented f...

Reducere. Between 1927 and 1934, the Philadelphia Royal Giants embarked on several goodwill tours across the Pacific-to Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the...

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