The Cambridge history of Japan James L. McClain, John Whitney Hall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Look at Japan from its early pre-history through the post-cold War period to the collapse of the Bubble Economy in the early 1990's. Japan: CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF JAPAN: vOLUME 2 HEIAN JAPAN. Mentioned in this podcast: Brown, Delmer (Editor). It's the first novel in world literature). Museum of Japanese History, Chiba. Richard Mason graduated from Cambridge University. No one seems to have any recommendations for Korean history. By exploring selected moments in the history of folklore studies, I hope to probe the history behind two assertions about Japanese folklore studies: first, that Yanagita Kunio founded the indigenous science of Japanese folklore studies during the early 13 I borrow the phrase from Harry Harootunian and Tetsuo Najita's article in volume 6 of the Cambridge History of Japan, “Japanese Revolt against the West: Political and Cultural Criticism in the Twentieth Century.”. (This is the foremost literary work from the period. (this is the standard scholarly history). Book Description: This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Heian period, the golden age of the Japanese imperial court, in any Western language. Japan adopted many Chinese style institutions, began to form a national government, and started to assert itself internationally in East Asia. The history of Japan encompasses the history of the islands of Japan and the Japanese people, spanning the ancient history of the region to the modern history of Japan as a nation state. (2003): Documenting Disaster, Natural Disasters in Japanese History, 1703-2003. (2010): The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters. Following the last ice age, around 12,000 BC, the rich ecosystem of the The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan Cambridge University Press, 1991, pp. It certainly seems like a less daunting task than reading the entire Cambridge History of Japan, that spans thousands of pages.