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Textbook Details

  • EDITION:
    4th Edition
  • ISBN:
    0071412808
  • ISBN-13:
    9780071412803
  • PUB. DATE:
    August 2004
  • PUBLISHER:
    McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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Japan: Its History and Culture / Edition 4 by W. Scott Morton, J. Kenneth Olenik

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EXCELLENT reference book for paper or EASY leisure readingby Songofjoy

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I purchased this book to use for a grad school paper I was doing on Japan. I needed a 30K foot view of the country to understand the country's customs, nuances, history as well as its relationship with the U.S. and other countries as an island nation.

This book was perfect. It is broken into sections--time periods as well as topics. It is clearly organized and very useful. I enjoyed the authors'...

Good INtroductory Textby carver

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I've been interested in Japanese arts and martial ways for a number of years. but, without some general framework for Japanese history the prints, calligraphy and swords are just lovely isolates.

This was not my first survey text on Japan, It reads as a college text for an intro course. This is not a bad thing for the uninitiated. It was well prepared and presented, easy to read, but comprehensive.

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Cole ( GREAT BOOK )by Anonymous

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Japan

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  • Pub. Date: August 2004
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Sales Rank: 233,066

Synopsis

Once a star of postwar industrial production and methods,

Japan has encountered serious trouble with market forces in

recent years. Social changes and departures from tradition are

becoming more common in this conservative country. The

revised edition of the popular work, Japan: Its History and

Culture, Fourth Edition, documents and explains these

changes. Seamlessly blending current events, politics, and

cultural elements, the authors provide a riveting account of

a nation often misunderstood by the West.

Biography

W. Scott Morton (New York, NY) is a full professor emeritus in

Chinese and Japanese history and culture and in ancient history

at Seton Hall University, in New Jersey.

J. Kenneth Olenik, Ph.D. (Upper Montclair, NJ) is a professor of

history at Montclair State University.