Christopher Harding: A Short History of Japan, Gebunden
A Short History of Japan
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- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 09/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241563199
- Item number:
- 12129190
- Volume:
- 224 Pages
- Weight:
- 400 g
- Format:
- 222 x 138 mm
- Thickness:
- 25 mm
- Release date:
- 4.9.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In this enormously enjoyable introduction to a remarkable country, Christopher Harding traces Japan's rich history over several millennia. Beginning with its earliest coastal communities through to the spread of Buddhism, the rise of the warlords, the promise and menace of the West and Japan's own empire-building, Harding explores how a distinctly Japanese society and culture was forged. Drawing on the latest scholarship, A Short History of Japan moves beyond traditional tourist-board clichés to consider Japan's own view of its past, values and culture, from ceramics and theatre to food and architecture. The result is a sensory, tactile history, where the reader experiences all the pleasures of a visit to Japan: a bolt of silk or a warm bowl of ramen; the feel and scent of tatami underfoot; the warmth of slipping into a hot spring bath. Harding skilfully shows how these everyday details are intimately bound up with the bigger historical picture, as an expression of the values that have been extraordinarily successful in helping the country to cope with centuries of radical change.Biography
Christopher Harding is Professor of Law in the Department of Law and Criminology at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. His teaching and research interests span the fields of European law, International law, penal and legal theory, and the history of crime and punishment.
Christopher Harding
A Short History of Japan
Current price: EUR 20.74