Product Description

For almost fifty years, Sources of Japanese Tradition has been the single most valuable collection of English-language readings on Japan. Unrivalled in its wide selection of source materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, the two-volume textbook is a crucial resource for students, scholars, and readers seeking an introduction to Japanese civilization.

Originally published in a single hardcover book, Volume 2 is now available as an abridged, two-part paperback. Part 1 covers the Tokugawa period to 1868, including texts that address the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the initial encounters of Japan and the West. Part 2 begins with the Meiji period and ends at the new millennium, shedding light on such major movements as the Enlightenment, constitutionalism, nationalism, socialism, and feminism, and the impact of the postwar occupation. Commentary by major scholars and comprehensive bibliographies and indexes are included.

Together, these readings map out the development of modern Japanese civilization and illuminate the thought and teachings of its intellectual, political, and religious leaders.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #432477 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-15
• Released on: 2006-09-15
• Format: Abridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 672 pages

Review

"Greatly expanded with the addition of many new sources, and the compilers did a wonderful job in organizing." -- Nam-Lin Hur, Pacific Affairs

" Sources of Japanese Tradition will perform a useful function... and the volumes should find a place on library shelves wherever Japanese history is taught." -- Sandra Wilson, Japanese Studies

Review

" Sources of Japanese Tradition is a treasure... The appearance of this new edition is true cause for celebration by anyone seriously interested in Japan." -- John Dower, author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

About the Author
WM. THEODORE DE BARY is the John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University and currently holds the title of Special Service Professor. He has written extensively on Confucianism in East Asia and is the editor of the first editions of Sources of Chinese Tradition (Columbia) and Sources of Japanese Tradition (Columbia). CAROL GLUCK is the George Sansom Professor of History at Columbia University. She is the author of Japan's Modern Myths Ideology in the Late Meiji Period. ARTHUR E. TIEDEMANN is a member of the Society of Senior Scholars at the Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University. He is the author of Modern Japan: A Brief History.