- Taschenbuch: 216 Seiten
- Verlag: Hippocrene Books; Auflage: illustrated edition (Februar 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0781809894
- ISBN-13: 978-0781809894
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 13,7 x 1,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.602.783 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Japan
und über 1 Million weitere Bücher verfügbar für Amazon Kindle .
Erfahren Sie mehr
| |||||||||||||||
Produktinformation |
Mehr über den Autor
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von L. Shelton Woods auf Amazon
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von L. Shelton Woods auf Amazon
Produktbeschreibungen
Kurzbeschreibung
How did the inhabitants of several small islands in the Pacific become the world's first non-Western industrialised nation? The answer is found in the fascinating story of Japan's political and social history. This narrative chronicles Japanese history from earliest settlement to the present. It details the establishment of imperial rule under the Yamato clan, the transfer of power from emperor to shogun (supreme military leader), and the Edo period of Japanese isolationism. It also relates the industrial development of the Meiji Restoration, the devastating results of World War II, and Japan's remarkable recovery to become a democracy as well as an economic superpower. The book is the perfect introduction to this nation for students, travellers, businesspeople, and all curious readers.
Synopsis
How did the inhabitants of several small islands in the Pacific become the world's first non-Western industrialised nation? The answer is found in the fascinating story of Japan's political and social history. This narrative chronicles Japanese history from earliest settlement to the present. It details the establishment of imperial rule under the Yamato clan, the transfer of power from emperor to shogun (supreme military leader), and the Edo period of Japanese isolationism. It also relates the industrial development of the Meiji Restoration, the devastating results of World War II, and Japan's remarkable recovery to become a democracy as well as an economic superpower. The book is the perfect introduction to this nation for students, travellers, businesspeople, and all curious readers.
Tags(Was ist das?)Bei einem Tag handelt es sich um ein Schlagwort, das zum Produkt passt.
Tags erleichtern allen Kunden die Suche und die Sortierung ihrer Lieblingsprodukte. |
Kundenrezensionen
Es gibt noch keine Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.de
5 Sterne
4 Sterne
3 Sterne
2 Sterne
1 Sterne
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
5 Rezensionen
20 von 20 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
the best of many
9. Oktober 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
I have taught Japanese history to high school students for 15 years or so. over the years I have used a variety of texts from standard high school social studies texts, Japan and the Pacific Rim readers and a number of different college texts. This book is unrivaled in its clarity, simplicity and comprehensive coverage. It is so easy to digest the variety of periods and players. It does an excellent job of explaining complex ideas. It also does a good job of covering social, military, cultural and religious histories. If that isn't enough it is an enjoyable read too. You can also add to those traits the fact that it costs less than $15.00 (compared to some history texts that can cost over $100). I supplement this book with An Illustrated History of Japan by Shigeo Nishimura, a wonderfully and artistically illustrated book of drawings (also a wonderful book that costs less than $16.00) that puts vivid images in the mind of my students to go along with the wonderfully written Shleton book.
3 von 3 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Just right for a general history of Japan
23. Juli 2011
Format:Taschenbuch|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
I was talking with one of my friends one day and a particular topic of Japanese history arose. After somewhat clumsily avoiding showing my ignorance, I bought this book to give me a bit of sense of this history of Japan. I was pleased with the balance of detail and readability. This is more of a Cliff Notes sort of book but does not disappoint. I was most intrigued with the rather recent Meiji period and how the political/social system was brought into synchronization with the Western world. Details not withstanding we Americans might take a few lessons on how to face up to our shortcomings and learn from others. I can hear the hornets now! Buy it with general knowledge in mind and you will be pleased. I might recommend a PBS Empires DVD on the subject - "Japan - Memoirs of a Secret Empire." It deals with the Shogunate time period in an engaging manner.
5 von 6 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
From 4000 B.C. to 1989 in 236 pages.
14. März 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
This book covering the whole of Japanese history from prehistory to the present day is, in its paper & ink version, just 236 pages long, including a glossary of 50 Japanese names and terms, a brief bibliography and an index. Don't expect it, then, to explain anything with much detail or depth of analysis: you can't possibly do justice to six thousand years of Japanese culture and history in 200 pages of rather large-ish print. It's a serviceable, perfectly good little summary, like a collection of well-written encyclopedia entries on the basic periods of Japan's history.
If you just want that kind of brief introduction, perhaps to read in one sitting on the plane on your first trip to Tokyo (even if you travel from Seoul) so you will get the basic facts & characters and not get lost in translation when visiting Osaka Castle or the Imperial Palace; or maybe to learn some essential context before watching some samurai movie classics or reading historical manga, then this may very well be the book for you. But if you are a history buff that wants something with more substance, that explains and analyzes the damn facts at length, then look elsewhere. This will be a frustrating read. For me it was like getting a taste of every dish at a fantastic restaurant, without being able to actually eat any of them.
If you just want that kind of brief introduction, perhaps to read in one sitting on the plane on your first trip to Tokyo (even if you travel from Seoul) so you will get the basic facts & characters and not get lost in translation when visiting Osaka Castle or the Imperial Palace; or maybe to learn some essential context before watching some samurai movie classics or reading historical manga, then this may very well be the book for you. But if you are a history buff that wants something with more substance, that explains and analyzes the damn facts at length, then look elsewhere. This will be a frustrating read. For me it was like getting a taste of every dish at a fantastic restaurant, without being able to actually eat any of them.
Waren diese Rezensionen hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
|
