The Japanese Experience by W G Beasley
This is a concise history - social, political and cultural - of Japan, one of the few nations never conquered (until the twentieth century) by a foreign power and the home of the longest-reigning imperial dynasty, regarded as a minor Asian nation until the late nineteenth century but which became a major power in the twentieth century. Japanese history has three broad phases: a Chinese phase up to the tenth century, when Chinese styles and ideas were dominant in government, art and manners; followed by a long 'Japanese' feudal period, which lasted until the nineteenth century; and then, from the 1860s, a period when Western ideas increasingly penetrated Japanese society. Yet despite the ever-growing influence of Western ideas, Japan remains, at the end of the twentieth century, a country with very distinctive traditions and culture.
Born in 1919, W.G. Beasley was Professor of the History of the Far East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, from 1954 to1983. He is a member, and former vice-president, of the British Academy and a member of the Japanese Academy. He was given the CBE in 1980 and the Order o
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297643081 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297643088 |
| Title | The Japanese Experience |
| Author | W G Beasley |
| Series | History Of Civilisation |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1999-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 310 |
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