The Taming of the Samurai Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan Tapa dura - 1998

Harvard University Press, 1995. hardcover. Good+. //Good. . 6x1x9. GOOD+/GOOD. tan illustrated jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Small closed tears to edges and flaps, shelf wear, book shows light stains and foxing to page edges, lightly warped paper indicates exposure to moisture. No mold detected. Book is well bound, text is clean..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

Harvard University Press, 1995. Hard Cover. Very good/Good. Jacket is lightly soiled and is lightly bumped at top corners. Small ink stamp at bottom left corner of front end leaf. Inside is otherwise clean and unmarked.

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, 1995 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 24.5 cm.; 0.78 Kg.; 428 pages.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the outside text block. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the dust jacket that is now protected with a clearcover.; Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic accessible to us through a sweeping investigation into the roots of Japanese organizational structures. She accomplishes this by focusing on the diverse roles that the samurai have played in Japanese history. From their rise in ancient Japan, through their dominance as warrior lords in the medieval period, and their subsequent transformation to quasi-bureaucrats at the beginning of the Tokugawa era, the samurai held center stage in Japan until their abolishment after the opening up of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. This book demonstrates how… Leer más

Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0674868080 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/2 inch closed tear on top front panel. ; 6.75 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 440 pages .

Harvard University Press, 1998-03-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!