MATSU - History 2

This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical p……続きを見る

Economic developments in irrigation agriculture and hydroelectric power generation in western Canada at the turn of the last century challenged the way Native peoples had traditionally managed the w……続きを見る

The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Myamoto provides valuable lessons for anyone facing challenging circumstancesーfrom business, war, and sports to fields of art, love, and politics. Samurai Strategi……続きを見る

The Japanese tea ceremony blends art with nature and has for centuries brought harmony to the daily life of its practitioners. Stories From a Tearoom Window is a timeless collection of tales of the ……続きを見る

The author at 16 years old was evacuated with her family to an internment camp for Japanese Americans, along with 110,000 other people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. She faced an ind……続きを見る

Since its incorporation into the Japanese nation-state in 1879, Okinawa has been seen by both Okinawans and Japanese as an exotic “South,” both spatially and temporally distinct from modern Japan. I……続きを見る

In this broad-ranging survey of Paris, Tahiti, Indochina, Japan, New Caledonia, and the South Pacific generally, Matt Matsuda illustrates the fascinating interplay that shaped the imaginations of bo……続きを見る

Su di una piccola isola giapponese conosciuta con il nome di Funajima, più di 400 anni fa, ebbe luogo un duello disputato tra due maestri di spada. I loro nomi erano Miyamoto Musashi e Ganryu Kojiro……続きを見る

Among the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "Jimmie" Matsumoto Omura. In his sharp-penned columns, Omura fearlessly called o……続きを見る

As a result of the Aigun (1858) and Beijing Treaties (1860) Russia had become a participant in international relations of Northeast Asia, but historiography has underestimated the presence of Russia……続きを見る

**台灣總是跳脫我們的預測，讓我們看得頭暈目眩。 這種巨大流動所帶來的爽快感，也正是台灣政治的魅力所在。 2016年樫山純三賞　一般書部門最優秀作品 筑摩書房首刷上市10,000冊 出版後一年內受邀演講超過30場 日……続きを見る

A stimulating exploration of the haiku masterpiece. Matsuo Basho (1644-94) is considered Japan's greatest haiku poet. Narrow Road to the Interior (Oku no Hosomichi) is his masterpiece. Ostensibly a ……続きを見る

This volume seeks to capture the rich array of images that define Japan's encounters with the Pacific Ocean. Contemporary Japanese most readily associate 'Pacific' with the devastating war that thei……続きを見る

歷史的共同生活圈如何被現代政治的國境線撕裂？ 《八重山的臺灣人》作者松田良孝最新作品， 追述台灣東部面對太平洋黒潮，這一段被遺忘的歷史 知名作家廖鴻基序文推薦 你知道在北風捲起的滔天巨浪中追捕旗魚的「突……続きを見る

Now in a thoroughly updated edition, Resistant Islands offers the first comprehensive overview of Okinawan history from earliest times to the present, focusing especially on the recent period of col……続きを見る

On the 11th of March 2011, an earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale (the most powerful to ever strike Japan) hit the Tohoku region in northern Japan. The earthquake produced a devastating ……続きを見る

The School of Salamanca in the Affairs of the Indies explores the significance of Salamancans, such as Vitoria and Soto, and related thinkers, such as Las Casas and Sepúlveda, in the formation of th……続きを見る

This volume reflects on what happens when the idea and practice of universal human rights cross the cultural borders between different communities of knowledge. Although such rights are usually pres……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Japan’s Asian diplomacy under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Under the Kantei-centred policymaking system, Shinzō Abe has implemented assertive foreign pol……続きを見る

何以〈清明上河圖〉被譽為「天下第一奇畫」，充滿撲朔迷離的謎題？ 將近千年不斷有人解答它的身世之謎。 繼《兩個故宮的離合》後，最會說故事的媒體人野島剛， 最新著作《謎樣的清明上河圖》訴說鮮為人知的名畫流……続きを見る

The United States' involvement in World War II began with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. But for Japan, the conflict began at a much earlier date. This book focuses on Jap……続きを見る

In this provocative look at the US military from the Persian Gulf War through the 2003 invasion of Iraq, investigative journalist Gary Matsumoto contends that an anthrax vaccine dispensed by the Dep……続きを見る

A Primer for Teaching Pacific Histories is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching Pacific histories for the first time or for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate the……続きを見る

An examination of the Farm Security Administration's migrant camp system and the people it served Today's concern for the quality of the produce on our plates has done little to guarantee U.S. farmw……続きを見る

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the……続きを見る

During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the "better angels of our nature" would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. The better angels did not, but for many Americans……続きを見る

Economic developments in irrigation, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation in western Canada at the turn of the last century challenged the way Native peoples had traditionally managed the……続きを見る

This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on ……続きを見る

Even before wartime incarceration, Japanese Americans largely lived in separate cultural communities from their West Coast neighbors. Although the Nisei children, the American-born second generation……続きを見る

The history of Imperial Japan, from the Meiji Restoration through to defeat and occupation at the end of the Second World War, is central to any understanding of the way in which modern Japan has de……続きを見る