A History of Japan

List of Illustrations
Conventions Used
Series Editor\'s Preface
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Maps

Introduction
PART I: BEGINNINGS
....Introduction to Part I
....Chronology of Part I
....1. GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND BIOTA
........Japan\'s Geography Today
........The Geological Heritage
........The Influence of Climate and Ocean Currents
........The Biotic Inheritance
....2. FROM ORIGINS TO AGRICULTURE
........Early Foragers
........Later Foragers
........The Emergence of Agriculture
PART II: THE AGE OF DISPERSED AGRICULTURALISTS (400 BCE-1250 CE)
....Introduction to Part II
....Chronology of Part II
....3. POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION TO 671 CE
........Continental Influences
........Material Foundations
........The Struggle for Hegemony
 
....4. ESTABLISHING THE RITSURYO ORDER (672-750)
........A Political Narrative
........The Sources
........Establishing a Capital City
........Forming a State Church
........The Ritsuryo State at 750
........The Broader Context
....5. RITSURYO ADAPTATION AND DECAY (750-1250)
........ A Political Narrative
........ The Elements of Stability
........ Forces for Change
....6. 	CLASSICAL HIGHER CULTURE (750-1250)
........ The Beginnings
........ Flowering: The Sekkanke Heyday
........ Broadening: The Later Years
PART III: THE AGE OF INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE (1250-1890)
....Introduction to Part III
....Chronology of Part III
....7. THE CENTURIES OF DISORDER (1250-1550)
........Trends in Production and Distribution
........A Political Narrative
....8. MEDIEVAL HIGHER CULTURE (1250-1550)
........Kenmon Culture
........Religious Developments
........Vocal Literature
....9. ESTABLISHING THE BAKUHAN ORDER (1550-1700)
........A Political Narrative
........The Bakuhan System at 1700
....10. THE AGE OF GROWTH (1590-1700)
........Dimensions of Expansion
........Kyoto Revived
........Enriching a Common Higher Culture
....11. STASIS AND DECAY (1700-1850)
........Primary Production: Trends and Ramifications
........Cultural and Political Trends
....12. CRISIS AND REDIRECTION (1800-1890)
........Foreign Complications
........Redirection: Toward Industrialism
PART IV: THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISM: EARLY DECADES (1890-PRESENT)
....Introduction to Part IV
....Chronology of Part IV
....13. EARLY IMPERIAL TRIUMPH (1890-1914)
........Domestic Political Process
........Becoming an Imperial Power
........Domestic Growth
....14. EARLY IMPERIAL SOCIETY AND CULTURE (1890-1914)
........Social Issues
........Articulate Culture
....15. LATER IMPERIAL POLITICS AND ECONOMY (1914-1945)
........The Politics of Disorder
........Domestic Growth
....16. LATER IMPERIAL SOCIETY AND CULTURE (1914-1945)
........Social Issues
........Articulate Culture
....17. DRIFT TO DISASTER (1914-1945)
........The Diplomacy of Disorder
........Into the Global Maelstrom
....18. ENTREPRENEURIAL JAPAN: POLITICS AND ECONOMY (1945-1990)
........The Diplomatic Context
........Survival and Redirection (1945-1960)
........Showa Genroku (1960-1990)
....19. SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT (1945-1990)
........Social Issues
........Environmental Issues
....20. THE CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL JAPAN (1945-1990)
........Media and Messages
........Modes of Cultural Expression
....Epilogue: Japan today and tomorrow
........Immediate Issues
........The Larger Picture
Notes
A. Supplemental Tables
B. Chinese Words: Wade-Giles and Pinyin Orthographies
C. Glossary of Japanese Terms
D. Supplemental Readings
Index