A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present 9781474258531, 9781474258548, 9781474258562, 1474258530

A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present 9781474258531, 9781474258548, 9781474258579, 9781474258562

The phenomenon of ‘Cool Japan’ is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A His

787 39 45MB Read more

Pleasure in Profit: Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan 9780231552059

In the first comprehensive study of the birth of Japanese commercial publishing, Laura Moretti investigates the vibrant

227 37 53MB Read more

Renaissance in Japan: A Cultural Survey of the Seventeenth Century: A Cultural Survey of the Seventeenth Century 9781462912094, 1462912095

"Renaissance in Japan" is a superb survey of Japan's literary giants?forerunners of today's modern J

189 91 2MB Read more

An Archaeology of the Political: Regimes of Power from the Seventeenth Century to the Present 9780231542470

In An Archaeology of the Political, Elías José Palti argues that the realm of the political is not a natural, transhisto

188 118 4MB Read more

Hidden From History: Rediscovering Women in History From the 17th Century to The Present 0394716213, 9780394716213

Book by Rowbotham Sheila

892 92 25MB Read more

The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century 9004101950, 9789004101951

This study deals with all aspects of the history of the book in Japan, from the production of manuscripts and printed bo

128 14 Read more

The United States and China: A History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present

2,755 235 8MB Read more

Chinese History and Culture: Sixth Century BCE to the Seventeenth Century [1] 9780231178587

The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary r

699 102 13MB Read more

Japan and the Wider World: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present 1317894081, 9781317894087

Akira Iriye assesses Japan's international relations, from a Japanese perspective, in the century and a half since

192 20 341KB Read more

An Archaeology of the Political: Regimes of Power from the Seventeenth Century to the Present 0231179928, 9780231179928

In the past few decades, much political-philosophical reflection has been dedicated to the realm of "the political.

507 79 7MB Read more