| China in the Tokugawa World Reprint 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Jansen, Marius B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674184750 ISBN-13: 9780674184756 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Social Science - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| Series: Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.88 lbs) 148 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This engaging book challenges the traditional notion that Japan was an isolated nation cut off from the outside world in the modern era. This familiar story of seclusion, argues master historian Marius B. Jansen, results from viewing the period soley in terms of Japan's ties with the West, at the expense of its relationship with closer Asian neighbors. Taking as his focus the port of Nagasaki and its thriving trade with China in the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, Jansen not only corrects this misperception but offers an important analysis of the impact of the China trade on Japan's cultural, economic, and political life. |