Japan a Short Cultural History
Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pearson
Published: January 2000
Format: Textbook Binding
ISBN-13: 9780135095393
Subjects: History: World
First sentence: THE origins of the Japanese are still in dispute, but a priori reasoning in the light of known facts of geography and history leads to the conclusion that the Japanese race is a compound of elements drawn in prehistoric times from different parts of the Asiatic mainland.