ThismajornewreferenceworkpresentsanaccessibleandinnovativesurveyofthelatestdevelopmentsinthestudyofearlymodernJapan.Theperiodfromabout1580to1877sawthereunificationofJapanafteralongperiodofcivilwar,followedbytwoandahalfcenturiesofpeaceandstabilityundertheTokugawashogunate,andclosingwiththeMeijiRestorationof1868,whichlaidthefoundationforamodernnation-state.Withessaysfromleadinginternationalscholars,thisvolumeemphasizesJapan’splaceinglobalhistoryandpayscloseattentiontogenderandenvironmentalhistory.Itintroducesreaderstorecentscholarshipinfieldsincludingsocialhistory,thehistoryofscienceandtechnology,intellectualhistory,andbookhistory.Drawingonoriginalresearch,eachchaptersituatesitsprimarysourcematerialandnovelargumentsinthecontextofcloseengagementwithsecondaryscholarshipinarangeoflanguages.ThevolumeunderlinestheimportanceofJapanintheglobalearlymodernworld.
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