JAPANESE CIVILIZATION : a comparative View
by Eisenstadt; S N
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226195570
- ISBN 13
- 9780226195575
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press;, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo,.. black cloth, gilt spine, xii, 581 pages, index, CONTENTS: 1. Introduction: The Enigma of Japan -- 2. The Meiji State and Modern Japanese Society -- 3. Modern and Contemporary Japan: Institutional Formations -- 4. Tribulations of Modern Japanese Society , 5. "Disharmony," Conflict, and Protest and Their Impact: Regulation, Control, and Responsiveness -- 6. The Political and Social System of Modern and Contemporary Japan: A Dynamic, Controlled, but Not Totalitarian Society -- 7. Feudalism in Japan -- 8. Urban Development and Autonomy in Medieval and Early Modern Japan -- 9. Tokugawa State and Society -- 10. Some Aspects of the Transportation of Confucianism and Buddhism in Japan -- 11. The Meiji Ishin: The Revolutionary Restoration -- 12. Japanese Historical Experience: Distinctive Characteristics of Japanese Social Formations -- 13. Japanese Culture or Cultural Tradition -- 14. Culture, Social Structure, and Process in the Formation and Reproduction of Japanese Institutional Dynamics. The Western world has long been intrigued by the apparent exoticism and uniqueness of Japanese civilization. Now, one of the world's leading social theorists provides a monumental synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture, and social organization. Equipped with a dazzling command of the literature, Eisenstadt explores the Japanese historical legacy and its impact on the Japanese experience of modernity.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112555734
- Title
- JAPANESE CIVILIZATION : a comparative View
- Author
- Eisenstadt; S N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226195570
- ISBN 13
- 9780226195575
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press;
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo,.
- Keywords
- Japan -- Civilization., Japon -- Civilisation.,
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- History;
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