Christopher Harding: A Short History of Japan, Gebunden
A Short History of Japan
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- Verlag:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 09/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241563199
- Artikelnummer:
- 12129190
- Umfang:
- 240 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 400 g
- Maße:
- 222 x 138 mm
- Stärke:
- 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 4.9.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
'A history that somehow manages to be at once succinct and sweeping: essential reading for anyone interested in this most fascinating of countries' - Tom Holland
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 conveying to the reader much about Japan's special nature. 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.
Biografie
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.Mehr von Christopher Har...
