Religion, Power, and the Rise of Shinto in Early Modern Japan, Hardback - ***

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A pioneering work that contains a wealth of in-depth analysis and original interpretation. The book will open up new avenues of discussion among st...

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Give and Take offers a new history of government in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868), one that focuses on ordinary subjects: merchants, artisans, village...

Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of...

DescriptionBetween the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline...

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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? // ...

While the loss of sight may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The ...

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How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the...

DescriptionShinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan is the first systematic study of Shinto's environmental turn. The book traces the deve...

DescriptionThe Shinto faith fascinates and mystifies the entire world. Shinto is Japanese for

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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, Paperback

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Reducere. DescriptionThis award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall of the modern family in Japan. Combini...

The Power of Scripture uncovers how biblical scripture directly shaped a national religious politics, forming a lasting impression on the socio-pol...

In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages...

This volume examines a category of Japanese divinities that centered on the concept of "world renewal" (yonaoshi). In the latter half of the Tokuga...

Reducere. Reveals the interaction of politics and religion in France during the crucial years of the long seventeenth century. The author begins with the War...

How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique...

Reducere. DescriptionNow in its third edition, The Rise of Early Modern Science argues that to understand why modern science arose in the West it is essentia...

This collection of essays opens a new perspective on the interplay of religious conflict and literary culture in early modern England. Focusing on ...

An irresistibly cute and colourful celebration of Japan's thriving cat culture.Illustrations: More than 100 color photographs

Covers the dramatic 15 years of Japanese Empire expansion.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): N S NashIllustration(s): 120 B&W illustrations...

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Examines two anonymous manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebook and the Boxgrove Manual. Explores how scribes ...

Publisher: University of Notre Dame PressAuthor(s): Robert E. StillmanIllustration(s): 1 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 480Collection: ...

This innovative, interdisciplinary collection addresses religion and the life course in England c. 1550-1800. Considering Catholic, Protestant and ...

The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England - Ethan H. Shagan

The Mishnaic Moment describes a remarkable encounter between Jews and Christians in seventeenth-century northern Europe, where scholars from both c...