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Our Oriental Heritage
The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage © 1935 Will Durant 1048 pages “Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation.” (Opening sentence.) Our Oriental Heritage is the introductory volume of a greater work, an eleven-book set covering prehistory to the last days of Napoleon. Judging … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged ancient world, Asia, China, history, India, Japan, Middle East, Persia, Persia-Iran, Story of Civilization, survey, Will Durant
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Kokoro
Kokoro© 1957 Natsume Soseki248 pages A favorite history professor of mine typically assigns novels as part of his required reading, and for his Modern Japanese History course, I read a novel set in the last years of the Meiji period. … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged bildungsroman, historical fiction, Japan, Japanese literature
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The Japanese Experience
The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japan © 1999 W. G. Beasley 299 pages, including glossary and index. I checked this book out in April 2007. I remember this well, because I tried reading it on April 22. It … Continue reading
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