Research Catalog

Title

A history of Japan : from stone age to superpower / Kenneth G. Henshall.

Author

Henshall, Kenneth G.

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

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Description

xiii, 264 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japanese history in its entirety to identify the factors underlying the nation's progression to superpower status. Japan's achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of response to circumstance. Japan is shown to be a nation historically impelled by a pragmatic determination to succeed. The book also highlights unresolved questions and little-known facts. - Publisher.

Subject

Japan > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Japan and history -- Part 1. From the stone age to statehood : myths, prehistory and ancient history (to 710) -- Part 2. Of courtiers and warriors : early and medieval history (710-1600) -- Part 3. The closed country : the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) -- Part 4. Building a modern nation : the Meiji period (1868-1912) -- Part 5. The excesses of ambition : the Pacific war and its lead-up -- Part 6. A phoenix from the ashes : postwar successes and beyond -- Conclusion : Lessons for aspiring superpowers.

ISBN

1403912726 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2004044685

OCLC

54816937

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library