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Isami's house : three centuries of a Japanese family /
In this powerful and evocative narrative, Gail Lee Bernstein vividly re-creates the past three centuries of Japanese history by following the fortunes of a prominent Japanese family over fourteen generations. The first of its kind in English, this book focuses on Isami, the eleventh generation patri...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
©2005.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In this powerful and evocative narrative, Gail Lee Bernstein vividly re-creates the past three centuries of Japanese history by following the fortunes of a prominent Japanese family over fourteen generations. The first of its kind in English, this book focuses on Isami, the eleventh generation patriarch and hereditary village head. Weaving back and forth between Isami's time in the first half of the twentieth century and his ancestors' lives in the Tokugawa and Meiji eras, Bernstein uses family history to convey a broad panoply of social life in Japan since the late 1600s. As the story unfolds. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 283 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520939424 0520939425 1423731492 9781423731498 |