The Culture of Entrepreneurial Japan (1945-1990).ī. Entrepreneurial Japan: Politics and Economy (1945-1990).Ģ0. Later Imperial Society and Culture (1914-1945).ġ8.

Later Imperial Politics and Economy (1914-1945).ġ6. Part IV: The Age of Industrialism: Early Decades (1890-Present).ġ5. Establishing the Bakuhan Order (1550-1700). Part III: The Age of Intensive Agriculture (1250-1890).ħ. Ritsuryô Adaptation and Decay (750-1250). Establishing the Ritsuryô Order (672-750).ĥ. Part II: The Age of Dispersed Agriculturalists (400 BCE - 1250 CE).Ĥ. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.

Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. Part of The Blackwell History of the World Series This is an updated edition of Conrad Totman's authoritative history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day.The first edition was widely praised for combining sophistication and accessibility.Covers a wide range of subjects, including geology, climate, agriculture, government and politics, culture, literature, media, foreign relations, imperialism, and industrialism.Updated to include an epilogue on Japan today and tomorrow.Now includes more on women in history and more on international relations.Bibliographical listings have been updated and enlarged.

Early Modern Japan by Conrad D. Totman