Japan Before Perry

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Japan Before Perry is written by Conrad Totman and published by Univ of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520934490 (ISBN 10) and 9780520934498 (ISBN 13).

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.