The Cambridge Encyclopedia Of Japan
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Author | : Richard Bowring |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1993-05-27 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780521403528 |
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan is the essential reference to all facets of Japan past and present. Up to date, authoritative and wide ranging in scope, it covers all the general reader, student, business person, journalist, researcher, tourist or armchair traveler would want to know. A highly absorbing read, the Encyclopedia is also filled with the facts, figures and general data on Japan that make it an indispensable source of information. Learn, for example, that the safest place to be during an earthquake in Japan is in a bamboo grove; or that one of the greatest delicacies of Japanese cuisine, the fugu, is deadly poisonous in the hands of an unskilled chef. Also included are the latest statistics on Japan's dramatically aging population, a complete listing of its prime ministers, and valuable data on the powerful Japanese advertising industry.
Author | : John Whitney Hall |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 742 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521223546 |
Survey of the historical events and developments in medieval Japan's polity, economy, society and culture.
Author | : Louis-Frédéric |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 1130 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674017535 |
"Knowing Japan and the Japanese better," Louis Frédéric states in the introduction to this encyclopedia, "is one of the necessities of modern life." The Japanese have a profound knowledge of every aspect and detail of Western societies. Unfortunately, we in the West cannot say the same about our knowledge of Japan. We tend to see Japan through a veil of exoticism, as a land of ancient customs and exquisite arts; or we view it as a powerful contributor to the global economy, the source of cutting-edge electronics and innovative management techniques. To go beyond these clichés, we must begin to see how apparently contradictory aspects of modern Japanese culture spring from the country's evolution through more than two millennia of history. This richly detailed yet concise encyclopedia is a guide to the full range of Japanese history and civilization, from the dawn of its prehistory to today, providing clear and accessible information on society and institutions, commerce and industry, sciences, sports, and politics, with particular emphasis on religion, material culture, and the arts. The volume is enhanced by maps and illustrations, along with a detailed chronology of more than 2,000 years of Japanese history and a comprehensive bibliography. Cross-references and an index help the reader trace themes from one article to the next. Japan Encyclopedia will be an indispensable one-volume reference for students, scholars, travelers, journalists, and anyone who wishes to learn more about the past and present of this great world civilization.
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Release | : 2008 |
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ISBN | : 9781439503751 |
Author | : Jan Baetens |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1315 |
Release | : 2018-07-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1316771938 |
The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel provides the complete history of the graphic novel from its origins in the nineteenth century to its rise and startling success in the twentieth and twenty-first century. It includes original discussion on the current state of the graphic novel and analyzes how American, European, Middle Eastern, and Japanese renditions have shaped the field. Thirty-five leading scholars and historians unpack both forgotten trajectories as well as the famous key episodes, and explain how comics transitioned from being marketed as children's entertainment. Essays address the masters of the form, including Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore, and Marjane Satrapi, and reflect on their publishing history as well as their social and political effects. This ambitious history offers an extensive, detailed and expansive scholarly account of the graphic novel, and will be a key resource for scholars and students.
Author | : L. M. Cullen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2003-05-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521529181 |
This 2003 book offers a distinctive overview of the internal and external pressures responsible for the emergence of modern Japan.
Author | : Richard Bowring |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2005-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521851190 |
The first English-language overview of the interaction of Buddhism and Shintō in Japanese culture.
Author | : Peter Kornicki |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 2000-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780824823375 |
New in paperback. Of related interest: A History of Writing in Japan, by Christopher Seeley
Author | : David Crystal |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 2018-11-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1108423590 |
Now in its third edition, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language provides the most comprehensive coverage of the history, structure and worldwide use of English. Fully updated and expanded, with a fresh redesigned layout, and over sixty audio resources to bring language extracts to life, it covers all aspects of the English language including the history of English, with new pages on Shakespeare's vocabulary and pronunciation, updated statistics on global English use that now cover all countries and the future of English in a post-Brexit Europe, regional and social variations, with fresh insights into the growing cultural identities of 'new Englishes', English in everyday use with new sections on gender identities, forensic studies, and 'big data' in corpus linguistics, and digital developments, including the emergence of new online varieties in social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. Packed with brand new colour illustrations, photographs, maps, tables and graphs, this new edition is an essential tool for a new generation of twenty-first-century English language enthusiasts.
Author | : Peter Francis Kornicki |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Primarily, but not entirely, summarizing and translating from the massive Japanese literature on books there, Kornicki (Japanese history and bibliography, U. of Cambridge) seeks to widen the knowledge beyond the technical specialty and provide students of Japanese history, ideas, and literature with an initial guide. The 1998 edition was published by Brill in Leiden, The Netherlands. c. Book News Inc.