Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History

<p>Scholarship on premodern Japan has grown spectacularly over the past four decades in terms of both sophistication and volume. A new approach has developed marked by a higher reliance on primary documents a shift away from the history of elites to broader explorations of social structures and a re-examination of many key assumptions. As a result the picture of the early Japanese past now taught by specialists differs radically from the one that was current in the mid-twentieth century.</p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><p>This handbook offers a comprehensive historiographical review of Japanese history up until the 1500s. Featuring chapters by leading historians and covering the early Jōmon Yayoi Kofun Nara and Heian eras as well as the later medieval periods each section provides a foundational grasp of the major themes in premodern Japan. The sections will include: </p><br/><br/><p></p><br/><br/><ul><br/><br/><p><br/><br/><li>Geography and the environment</li><br/><br/><li>Political events and institutions</li><br/><br/><li>Society and culture</li><br/><br/><li>Economy and technology </li><br/><br/><p></p></ul><br/><br/><p>The<em> Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History</em> is an essential reference work for students and scholars of Japanese Asian and World History.</p>