This book combines authoritative scholarship with comprehensive coverage and a succinct, readable style and are aimed at undergraduate students and the general reader. Japan is a land of modest geographic size, but it is one of the larger countries of the world by population and today is the world's economic powerhouse. Though in culture it is a daughter of ancient China, Japan has developed one of the most distinctive cultures in the world. This makes Japan a subject of great interest, but the unique course of Japanese history has made it of even greater significance. Despite its East Asian cultural origins, Japan evolved along a very different course to its neighbours; subsequently it became the only non-Western land to respond successfully to the challenge of superior Western technology in the nineteenth century and today it has become a leading nation of the so-called First World. This 1979 Allen & Unwin Paperback is in good condition. Heavy. Cover rubbed, faded and a little dogeared. Pages beginning to yellow. Small water stain on bottom edge of first few pages. Spotting on page ends. Binding strong. ISBN: 9780868612973 SKU: 1571323 This image is of the actual book.
