'It succeeds admirably in its goal of making the present country comprehensible through a narrative of its past, with asides on everything from bonsai to zazen, in a brisk, highly readable style...you could easily read it on the flight over if you skip the movie.' WASHINGTON POST Whether you are going to Japan on business, to study, to teach or simply on vacation, you know that you are going to a country which really does merit the title 'unique'. A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF JAPAN not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the nation's development but also provides an invaluable introduction to its language, literature and arts, from kabuki to karaoke. Political, social and industrial history and economics are also well covered; this clearly written history explains how a country embedded in the traditions of Shinto, Shoguns and Samurai achieved stupendous economic growth in the twentieth century only to lose its way at the turn of the millennium.
- ISBN10 0304362441
- ISBN13 9780304362448
- Publish Date 11 April 2002 (first published 1 July 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 May 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Cassell Reference
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 304
- Language English