(Ebook) A History of Japan From Stone Age to Superpower 3rd edition by Kenneth Henshall 0230346626 9780230346628

(Ebook) A History of Japan From Stone Age to Superpower 3rd edition by Kenneth Henshall 0230346626 9780230346628

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ISBN-10 :  0230346626 

ISBN-13 : 9780230346628 

Author: Kenneth G. Henshall 

In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower. A key factor is a pragmatic determination to succeed. Little-known facts are also brought to light, and the latest findings used.

A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower 3rd Table of contents:

Part One From the Stone Age to Statehood: Myths, Prehistory, and Ancient History (to 710)
1.1 Making Gods of Emperors: Ancient History According to Japan’s Myths
1.2 The Earliest Inhabitants (to ca 13,000 BC)
1.3 Stone Age Hunters and Gatherers: The Jo¯mon Period (ca 13,000 BC–ca 400 BC)
1.4 New Beginnings: The Yayoi Period (ca 400 BC–ca AD 250)
1.5 The Early State Emerges: The Kofun/Yamato Period (ca 250–710)
Review of Part One
Part Two Of Courtiers and Warriors: Early and Medieval History (710–1600)
2.1 Learning from the Chinese – within Limits: The Nara Period (710–794)
2.2 The Rise and Fall of the Court: The Heian Period (794–1185)
2.3 The Warrior State: The Kamakura Period (1185–1333)
2.4 A Nation at War with Itself: The Muromachi Period (1333–1568)
2.5 Reunifying the Nation: The Azuchi–Momoyama Period (1568–1600)
Review of Part Two
Part Three The Closed Country: The Tokugawa Period (1600–1868)
3.1 Stability Equals Survival: Establishing the Tokugawa Sho¯gunate
3.2 Samurai and Ethics
3.3 Commoners, Culture, and the Economy
3.4 The Return of the Foreign Devils and the Fall of the Sho¯gunate
Review of Part Three
Part Four Building a Modern Nation: The Meiji Period (1868–1912)
4.1 Consolidating the Restoration
4.2 The Westernisation of Society
4.3 Harnessing the Energies of the People
4.4 Moves towards Democracy – of Sorts
4.5 War and Politics
4.6 Guided Economic Development
4.7 An Era Comes to an End
Review of Part Four
Part Five The Excesses of Ambition: The Pacific War and its Lead-Up
5.1 The Fragile Democracy of Taisho¯ (1912–26)
5.2 A Troubled Start to Sho¯wa
5.3 The Ideologies Behind Expansionism
5.4 Preparations for War
5.5 The Pacific War
Review of Part Five
Part Six A Phoenix from the Ashes: Postwar Successes and Beyond
6.1 American Dreams for a New Japan
6.2 Cold War Realities Reshape the Dreams
6.3 Becoming Number One
6.4 A Superpower under Siege – and a Bubble
Review of Part Six
Part Seven A Superpower Adrift: The Heisei Years
7.1 The Bursting of the Bubble
7.2 A Political Merry-Go-Round
7.3 Life in Global Age Japan
Review of Part Seven
Conclusion: Lessons for Aspiring Superpowers
Notes
References
Glossary of Japanese Terms

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