A History of Japan, 1582-1941
Subtitle: Internal and External Worlds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 23, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780521529181
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Economic history; Relations; History - General History; History: World; Japan; Renaissance; Asia - Japan; History / Renaissance; History; Foreign countries
First sentence: The two most widely held historical images of Japan are its self-imposed isolation (sakoku) from the outside world for almost two and a half centuries, and admiral Perry's challenge to it in 1853.