TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beasley,W.G.
TI  - The Japanese experience: a short history of Japan 
SN  - 0520220501
AV  - 417 DS 835 B368j 1999
U1  - 952 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - Los Angels, University of California Press
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - Japon
KW  - Histoire
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-281) and index
N2  - "The Japanese Experience is an authoritative, lucid, and concise history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day. It is the history of a society and a culture with a distinct sense of itself, one of the few nations never conquered by a foreign power in historic times (until the twentieth century) and the home of the longest-reigning imperial dynasty that still survives. Regarded as a minor Asian state until the late nineteenth century, Japan transformed itself into a major power in the twentieth century." "Throughout The Japanese Experience W. G. Beasley, a leading authority on Japan and the author of a number of acclaimed works on Japanese history, examines the changing society and culture of Japan and considers what, apart from the land and the people, is specifically Japanese about the history of Japan."--BOOK JACKET
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/99202382.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/99202382.html
ER  -