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To the Ends of Japan : Premodern Frontiers, Boundaries, and Interactions /
What is Japan? Who are its people? These questions are among those addressed in Bruce Batten's ambitious study of Japan's historical development through the nineteenth century. Traditionally, Japan has been portrayed as a homogenous society formed over millennia in virtual isolation. Socia...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2003]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Borders
- 1. State
- 2. "Race" and Culture
- 3. Ethnicity
- II. Interactions
- 4. Premodern Japan in World-Systems Theory
- 5. Political and Military Interactions
- 6. Bulk Goods
- 7. Prestige Goods
- 8. Information
- 9. Japan, East Asia, and the World
- III. Dynamics
- 10. Social Power: Causes and Consequences
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Author