Japan before Perry

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-520-25407-7
Verlag: University Of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 212 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

By 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a varied array of sophisticated cultural production. In this authoritative survey, Conrad Totman examines the origins of Japanese civilization and explores in detail the classical, medieval, and early-modern epochs, weaving interpretations of the major themes in Japan's cultural and political development into a rich historical narrative.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Totman, Conrad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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  Chanin 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

Über Autor(innen)

Conrad Totman is Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University.