Japan: History and Culture: From Samurai to Manga. Part 2

8 hrs. 24 min.

Miscellaneous

Language Russian

Author Nancy Stalker

Narrator Alexandra Maksimova

Description

Japanese culture has penetrated our modern life deeply enough that we no longer see sushi delivery as something exotic. But did you know that, originally, Japanese people didn’t eat sushi as a main dish, only as a snack? We’re used to calling Japan the Land of the Rising Sun—but how did it get that name in the first place? And what path has the empire taken over its more than thousand-year history?

Nancy Stalker, a professor in the history department at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, has written more than one book about Japan. But perhaps now you have in front of you the most detailed and, at the same time, concise, beautifully structured account of all the stages of Japanese history and the development phases of its culture in chronological order. This book is academic enough to rely on in East Asian studies specialization—and written so clearly and vividly that it will interest any reader who, for any reason, is drawn to the Land of the Rising Sun.