| The Human Tradition in Modern Japan Contributor(s): Walthall, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0842029117 ISBN-13: 9780842029117 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: The Human Tradition in Modern Japan is a collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their stories |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001034411 |
| Series: Human Tradition Around the World |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.32" W x 9.18" (1.21 lbs) 241 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Human Tradition in Modern Japan is a collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their stories present a counterweight to the prevailing stereotypes, providing students with depictions of real people through the records they have left-records that detail experiences and aspirations. The Human Tradition in Modern Japan offers a human-scale perspective that focuses on individuals, reconstitutes the meaning of people's experiences as they lived through them, and puts a human face on history. It skillfully bridges the divides between the sexes, between the local and the national, and between rural and urban, as well as spanning crucial moments in the history of modern Japan. The Human Tradition in Modern Japan is an excellent resource for courses on Japanese history, East Asian history, and peoples and cultures of Japan. |
