Japan Emerging ─ Premodern History to 1850

For students and scholars of Japanese history, Friday (IES Abroad Tokyo Center, Japan) assembles 38 chapters that survey the history of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Addressing the core topics usually covered in undergraduate survey courses, scholars working in Japanese culture studies, religious studies, Asian studies, international affairs, Japanese literature, history, and women's studies in North America, Europe, and Japan focus on how and why Japanese political, social, economic, and intellectual life evolved; the main developments in Japanese life from the ancient, classical, and medieval periods to the early modern period; and turning points and developing trends and structures. The book honors the career of historian G. Cameron Hurst III. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)