{"product_id":"japan-before-perry-9780520254077","title":"Japan before Perry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a array of sophisticated cultural production. This work examines the origins of Japanese civilization and explores in the classical, medieval, and early-modern epochs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Beginnings\u003cbr\u003e Prehistoric cultures\u003cbr\u003e The Yamato age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 Classical Japan: An Age of Aristocratic Bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003e The origins of aristocratic bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003e Evolution of the political order, A.D. 700-1100\u003cbr\u003e Higher culture\u003cbr\u003e     Aristocratic Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e     Arts and letters\u003cbr\u003e The larger society\u003cbr\u003e The waning of an age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 Medieval Japan: An Age of Political Fluidity\u003cbr\u003e The emergence of bushi rule\u003cbr\u003e Evolution of the political order, A.D. 1250-1500\u003cbr\u003e Higher culture\u003cbr\u003e     The bushi ethos\u003cbr\u003e     Religious thought and action\u003cbr\u003e     Arts and letters: a new aesthetic unity\u003cbr\u003e Social change: the early phase of a metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003e     Economic trends\u003cbr\u003e     Military trends\u003cbr\u003e     Trends in gross productivity and population\u003cbr\u003e The legacy of an age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Early-Modern Japan: An Age of Integral Bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003e The forging of integral bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003e     Emergence of the new structure\u003cbr\u003e     The chronology of pacification\u003cbr\u003e Evolution of the political order, A.D. 1615-1850\u003cbr\u003e     Elaboration of the polity\u003cbr\u003e     Articulation of an ideology of rule\u003cbr\u003e     Stresses in the polity\u003cbr\u003e Higher culture\u003cbr\u003e     Bushi culture\u003cbr\u003e     Chanin culture\u003cbr\u003e     The spread of literacy and learning\u003cbr\u003e     The pattern of early-modern thought\u003cbr\u003e Social change: toward completion of a metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003e     Urbanization\u003cbr\u003e     Commercialization\u003cbr\u003e     Rural change\u003cbr\u003e The decay of an age\u003cbr\u003e     Rural disorder\u003cbr\u003e     New directions in arts and letters\u003cbr\u003e     New trends in political thought\u003cbr\u003e Growth and regulation\u003cbr\u003e     The environmental legacy\u003cbr\u003e     Early-modern growth\u003cbr\u003e     Early-modern regulation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical Note\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402831896919,"sku":"9780520254077","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520254077.jpg?v=1730481635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/japan-before-perry-9780520254077","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}