Title: Japan before Perry
First published: 1981
Description: "By 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a varied array of sophisticated cultural production. In this authoritative survey, Conrad Totman examines the origins of Japanese civilization and explores in detail the classical, medieval, and early-modern epochs, weaving interpretations of the major themes in Japan's cultural and political development into a rich historical narrative." -- Back cover.
Subjects: History, Japan, history, Japan -- History -- To 1868, Histoire
Places: Japan
Time periods: To 1868
LC classification: DS835 .T58