The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
Part of Cambridge World Encyclopedias
- Editors:
- Richard Bowring, University of Cambridge
- Peter Kornicki, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: May 1993
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521403528
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan is the essential reference to all facets of Japan past and present. Up-to-date, authoritative and wide-ranging in scope, it covers all the general reader, student, business person, journalist, researcher, tourist or armchair traveller would want to know. A highly absorbing read, the Encyclopedia is also filled with the facts, figures and general data on Japan that make it an indispensable source of information: for example, that the safest place to be during an earthquake in Japan is in a bamboo grove; or that one of the greatest delicacies of Japanese cuisine, the fugu, is deadly poisonous in the hands of an unskilled chef. It gives the latest statistics too, from Japan's dramatically ageing population, to a complete listing of its prime ministers, to valuable data on the powerful Japanese advertising industry. Throughout, full-colour photographs, maps and graphics generously illustrate the book and additional boxed features highlight important topics or issues relevant to the text. This, in a single volume, is a complete and fascinating picture of Japan and its people: its rich inherited traditions and culture, its modern complexities and its tantalising future role in the world.
Read more- an indispensable reference source to Japan and its people in a single volume
- large format
- over 270 photographs and 100 maps and diagrams, most in colour
- written by an international team of over 50 contributors
- useful glossary, easy-to-use index and further reading lists
- thematically organised
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- Date Published: May 1993
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521403528
- length: 410 pages
- dimensions: 285 x 227 x 36 mm
- weight: 1.944kg
- contains: 270 colour illus. 100 maps
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
Preface
Notes to the reader
Glossary and abbreviations
1. Periods in Japanese and Chinese history
2. Geography
3. History
4. Language and literature
5. Thought and religion
6. Arts and crafts
7. Society
8. Politics
9. The economy
Acknowledgements
List of maps
Index.
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