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HARDING CHRISTOPHER A SHORT HISTORY OF JAPAN

'A history that somehow manages to be at once succinct and sweeping: essential reading for
anyone interested in this most fascinating of countries' - Tom Holland    'The perfect
introduction to [Japan's] intriguing society is Christopher Harding's lively new A Short
History of Japan... The book is short  yes - but its scope is long  deep and rich' - Rana
Mitter  History Extra  History Books of the Year 2025   In this enormously enjoyable
introduction to a remarkable country  Christopher Harding traces Japan's rich history over
several millennia. Beginning with its earliest coastal communities through to the spread of
Buddhism  the rise of the warlords  the promise and menace of the West and Japan's own
empire-building  Harding explores how a distinctly Japanese society and culture was forged. 
Drawing on the latest scholarship  A Short History of Japan moves beyond traditional
tourist-board clichés to consider Japan's own view of its past  values and culture  from
ceramics and theatre to food and architecture. The result is a sensory  tactile history
conveying to the reader much about Japan's special nature. Harding skilfully shows how these
everyday details are intimately bound up with the bigger historical picture  as an expression
of the values that have been extraordinarily successful in helping the country to cope with
centuries of radical change.

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