The Cambridge History of Japan Brown Hardback 9780521223522 Volume 1

The Cambridge History of Japan\n\nDefinitive history of Japan from prehistoric times to the end of the eighth century.\n\nDelmer M. Brown (Edited by)\n\n9780521223522, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 30 July 1993\n\n630 pages\n23.7 x 15.6 x 3.5 cm, 1.011 kg\n\n\""In the final analysis, Ancient Japan has opened up the early history of the archipelago in unprecedented fashion, and we now have a stable base from which to launch further research. For that, the editor, the contributors, the translators, and the staff of the Cambridge University Press who worked to make this book plausible deserve our hearty thanks.\""\nHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies\n\nJapan's ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a Chinese-style empire emerged. This volume of The Cambridge History of Japan spans the beginnings of human existence to the end of the eighth century, focusing on the thousand years between 300 BC and 784, the end of the fabulous Nara period.]