num_pages: 337
description: Scholarship on Japan has tended to portray it as a place of homogeneity, unchanging borders, and isolation from other cultures. In contrast, Batten (Japanese history, Obirin U., Japan) argues that Japan's history is one of shifting borders which should be understood as social margins or cultural interfaces. In examining the shifting notions of "Japan" he relies heavily on theoretical discussions of the spatial and social characteristics of borders and cross-border compnteraction. He analyzes changing political, cultural, and ethnic borders and explores cross- border traffic related to political/military interactions, bulk goods, prestige goods, and information. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: To the Ends of Japan: Premodern Frontiers, Boundaries, and Interactions
titlecomplete: To the Ends of Japan: Premodern Frontiers, Boundaries, and Interactions
genres: History
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr