A brief history of Japanese civilization, 2d ed.053464306X A brief history of Japanese civilization civilization, culture with a relatively high degree of elaboration and technical development. The term civilization also designates that complex of cultural elements that first appeared in human history between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago. , 2d ed. Schirokauer, Conrad et al. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 2006 332 pages $58.95 Paperback DS735 Schirokauer, David Lurie (both: Columbia U.) and Suzanne Gay (Oberlin College Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio; coeducational; opened 1833 as Oberlin Collegiate Institute, became Oberlin College in 1850. It includes a college of arts and sciences and a well-known conservatory of music. ) introduce students to the standard notions of Japanese economic and political history, social structure, thought, and art--leaving controversies and innovations to students who choose to pursue the matter further. They begin with the prehistory prehistory, period of human evolution before writing was invented and records kept. The term was coined by Daniel Wilson in 1851. It is followed by protohistory, the period for which we have some records but must still rely largely on archaeological evidence to of the Japanese archipelago Archipelago (ärkĭpĕl`əgō) [Ital., from Gr.=chief sea], ancient name of the Aegean Sea, later applied to the numerous islands it contains. The word now designates any cluster of islands. , and move through early modern and late traditional Japan to Japan and the modern world into the new century. No date is noted for the first edition. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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