Review "...the book contains much valuable information..." Journal of Japanese Studies "The editor is to be congratulated on having made available in English essays on a wide spectrum of important aspects of Japan's ancient past. Students of Japanese history and culture will find much to learn from these most informative essays, which represent the latest western and Japanese s...(展开全部)

Review "Historians and other scholars of the Heian period will certainly want to add it to their shelves, but I warmly recommend it as a high-level introduction to theperiod for non-Japanese specialists as well." Karl Friday Jrnl of Japanese Studies "The over seven-hundred pades of the text provides a wealth of information...This volume remains an indispensible resource for all...(展开全部)

Review "...a project that bears the marks of careful planning and organization by experienced editors who are themselves distinguished historians of Japan....Clearly written and free of jargon, all essays contain topical subheadings that are helpfully placed at the top of the pages as well as within the texts." E. Patricia Tsurumi, Canadian Journal of History "...a tour de forc...(展开全部)

Review "...these essays, individually and collectively, are a major contribution to the fields of Japanese studies and Japanese history. The 51 pages of works cited alone are an important contribution; they represent a basic bibliography of 20th-century Japanese history." Choice "Every chapter in this outstanding volume sets a high standard to challenge present and future histo...(展开全部)

Review "This work is more of what we have come to expect from Cambridge: a rock-solid summary of scholarship in the field by distinguished senior historians." Bob Tadashi "This volume will remain the standard reference in English for nineteenth century Japanese history for decades to come." Journal of Asian and African Studies "...provide both the non-specialist and specialist ...(展开全部)

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The...(展开全部)

布雷特·L. 沃克是蒙大拿城市大学（波兹曼）杰出教授，迈克尔·马隆历史学教授，主要研究领域为环境史，医学史，日本近现代史，以及比较全球史。除本书外，还著有《疾病的家族史》（2017）、《毒岛：日本工业病史》（2010）、《日本狼的灭绝》(2005)等多部英、日文专著。其主要作品被译为日文、中文、西班牙文和葡萄牙文等多种文字。

The Monocle team celebrates the endlessly fascinating and culturally rich country of Japan. Ever since it launched in 2007, Monocle has had a rich and deep connection with Japan. From day one the magazine has had a Tokyo bureau - which today also encompasses a Monocle shop and radio studios - run under the watchful eye of Asia bureau chief Fiona Wilson. Over the past decade the...(展开全部)

Many Japanese once revered the wolf as Oguchi no Magami, or Large-Mouthed Pure God, but as Japan began its modern transformation wolves lost their otherworldly status and became noxious animals that needed to be killed. By 1905 they had disappeared from the country. In this spirited and absorbing narrative, Brett Walker takes a deep look at the scientific, cultural, and environ...(展开全部)

Japan: A Modern History provides a comprehensive narrative that integrates the political, social, cultural, and economic history of modern Japan from the investiture of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 to the present.