Capital and Countryside in Japan, 3001180 by Joan R. Piggott - 9781885445391

Capital and Countryside in Japan, 3001180Japanese Historians Interpreted in English\nAuthor(s): Joan R. Piggott\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University East Asia Program\nISBN-13: 9781885445391, 978-1885445391\nSynopsis\nThis volume, edited by Joan Piggott (University of Southern California, Los Angeles), includes fourteen essays, originally written in Japanese and here interpreted in English. It introduces readers to a broader array of historical and archaeological research on center-periphery relations than has ever before been available to English readers. Each essay has been translated, annotated, and introduced by a specialist who selected it for its invaluable contribution to his or her own work, and who here renders it into English for a non-specialist audience. The book features thirteen newly created maps, and also includes an exhaustive list of sources (including Chinese characters). Together with its readable and w.