Grossberg, K: Japan's Renaissance

Kenneth Alan Grossberg

ISBN 10: 1885445083 / ISBN 13: 9781885445087

Published by Cornell University Press, 2010

About this Item

Neuware - Kenneth Alan Grossberg did the research for this work while at Princeton and Tokyo Universities, and completed it while a Harvard Junior Fellow. He has since been involved in international banking, management consulting, and is currently a professor at the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of Waseda University in Tokyo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grossberg, K: Japan's Renaissance
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885445083
• ISBN 13: 9781885445087
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 218W x 160H x 15D millimeters 218 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 272 grams

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Synopsis

First published in 1981, Japan's Renaissance is a detailed and exhaustively researched account of the regime of Japan's second shogunate, and also an agile comparative analysis of the political economy of the period with other Renaissance systems. The book argues that the development of shogunal power in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Japan was similar to the evolution of monarchic power in France and England during the same period. Contrary to the received wisdom that the government of the Ashikaga shoguns was the low point of premodern Japan, this book demonstrates that it was the incubator for many developments and the administrative technology which reached their maturity in the Tokugawa period. Applying the ideas of political economy to medieval Japanese history makes this book an essential companion for all Japan and East Asia specialists, students of comparative feudalism and monarchical development, as well as educated generalists who are interested in premodern Japan. The book is illustrated with antique maps and Japanese paintings of the period which add to the reader's understanding of this dramatic age in Japan's history.

About the Author

Kenneth Alan Grossberg did the research for this work while at Princeton and Tokyo Universities, and completed it while a Harvard Junior Fellow. He has since been involved in international banking, management consulting, and is currently a professor at the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of Waseda University in Tokyo.