Samurai: A Concise History

ISBN-13: 9780190932947 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 128 str.

Associat Michael (Associate Professor of East Asian History

Opis

Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of the Japanese population, they dominated warfare throughout history, influenced politics, art, philosophy and religion, and ultimately controlled Japan from the fourteenth century until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century.

Recenzje

The term samurai brings to mind disciplined, well-trained warrior-soldiers, skillfully wielding swords and following a strict military-ethical code of honor and sacrifice. Michael Wert, an associate professor at Marquette University who specializes in Japanese history, seeks to dispel this popular depiction in his fascinating short history of the samurai.

O autorze

Michael Wert is Associate Professor of East Asian History at Marquette University. Specializing in early modern and modern Japan, he is the author of Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan.