SHORT HISTORY OF JAPAN (HB)

Moving beyond traditional tourist-board clichés to consider Japan's own view of its past, values and culture, Christopher Harding traces Japan's rich history over several millennia. Beginning with its earliest coastal communities through to the spread of Buddhism, the rise of the warlords, the promise and menace of the West and Japan's own empire-building, exploring how a distinctly Japanese society and culture was forged. A sensory, tactile history, where the reader experiences all the pleasures of a visit to Japan.