Description: This latest addition to Blackwell's popular History of the World series provides a compelling narrative history, of Japan from c.8000 BCE to the present day. Impressive in scope, the book examines geology, climate, and agriculture; political consolidation and government; culture, literature, and media; socioeconomic structure and development; foreign relations, diplomacy, and imperialism; industrialism and entrepreneurial growth; and social, gender, and environmental issues. General readers will welcome this fascinating and informative overview of the varied history of this region.

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