Japan 1900

Reducere. Japanese woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e, are the most recognizable Japanese art form. Their massive popularity has spread from Japan to be embraced b...

DescriptionThis is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as ...

Publisher: LudionAuthor(s): Philo OuweleenIllustration(s): 200 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 245 ...

DescriptionWilliam Elliot Griffis, was born in Philadelphia in 1843, author William Elliot Griffis was an extremely prolific author and published s...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Ken C. KawashimaEditor: Fabian SchaferEditor: Robert StolzTosaka Jun (1900-1945) was one of modern Japan's most unique and ...

Reducere. Born in 1862, Nitobe Inazo was a Japanese polymath (holding five doctorates) and Christian convert who travelled widely in both Europe and America....

Contributor(s): Author: Angus KonstamIllustrator: Tony BryanFrom the end of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th, most Western power...

Reducere. "Azuma" was one of the six armored cruisers built under the programme. Four of them were built by the British Armstrong shipyard, but "Azuma" was o...

This superbly illustrated book marks Nikken Sekkei's 120th anniversary and celebrates the company's unparalleled innovation in local and internatio...

In recent decades, Tokyo, London, and New York have been the sites of credit bubbles of historically unprecedented magnitude. Central bankers have ...

Reducere. Aim Humbert (1819-1900), Swiss politician, traveler, and educator, arrived in Japan in 1863 as envoy plenipotentiary of the Swiss federal governmen...

Reducere. Theosophy across Boundaries brings a global history approach to the study of esotericism, highlighting the important role of Theosophy in the gener...

Reducere. Book DescriptionA Grueling Survival Story About a WWII Hero's Fight for FreedomOn January 11, 1945, Major Donald J. Humphrey had his B-29 Superfort...

Reducere. "Powerful and engaging. Truly an inspiring and emotional story of bravery and sacrifice ... a must read." --Nelson DeMille, #1 NYT Bestselling Auth...

Reducere. "Called to Japan. August 11, 1900, 10: 30 a.m."When Charles E. Cowman made this notation in his Bible, he did not know how the Lord was going to us...

Reducere. Korea was "discovered" by the West after World War II when it became a flashpoint in the Cold War. Before the war, however, it was home to many hun...

Reducere. Korea was "discovered" by the West after World War II when it became a flashpoint in the Cold War. Before the war, however, it was home to many hun...

Reducere. DescriptionSince the dawn of human evolution, artists have explored the sexual act - from primitive markings on cave walls and ancient Grecian cera...

You shall have thousands of gold pieces; - thousands of thousands - millions - mountains of gold: where will you keep them?'Two of Ruskin's most po...

Reducere. 'We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth...Likewise, hatred must be learned and nurtured, if one wishes to become...

Reducere. Originally published in 1901, The Violet Fairy Book is a compilation of international fables from various locales including Japan, Romania, Portuga...

This final volume of John C. G. R hl's acclaimed biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II reveals the Kaiser's central role in the origins of the First World...

Reducere. A concise history of an uprising that took down a three-hundred-year-old dynasty and united the great powersThe year is 1900, and Western empires a...

Reducere. This is R. J. Rummel's fourth book in a series devoted to genocide and government mass murder, or what he calls democide. He presents the primary r...

From the early years of steam power to today's awe inspiring high-speed passenger trains, this book spans nearly two centuries of locomotive histor...

Reducere. The word "SAMBO" is an acronym for SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya, which literally translates as self-defense without weapons. Russian Sambo is a marti...