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Japan : history and culture from classical to cool /

"Aesthetics and tradition occupy a central role in modern Japanese national identity to a degree seemingly unparalleled among the world's wealthiest nations. This text surveys highlights in Japanese history, culture, and society from prehistoric to contemporary times, devoting significant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stalker, Nancy K., 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early Japan
  • Forging a centralized state (550-794)
  • The rule of taste : lives of Heian aristocrats (794-1185)
  • The rise and rule of the warrior class (12th-15th centuries)
  • Disintegration and reunification (1460s-early 1600s)
  • Maintaining control : Tokugawa official culture (1603-1850s)
  • Edo popular culture : the floating world and beyond (17th-19th centuries)
  • Facing and embracing the West (1850s-1900s)
  • Modernity and its discontents (1900s-1930s)
  • Cultures of empire and war (1900s-1940s)
  • Defeat and reconstruction (1945-1970s)
  • "Cool" Japan as cultural superpower (1980s-2010s).