Japan. History and Culture: from Samurai to Manga

Japanese culture has penetrated our modern life so much that we no longer perceive sushi delivery for dinner as something exotic. But did you know that sushi was originally sold as takeout food for the working class? We commonly refer to Japan as the Land of the Rising Sun - but where did this name come from? And what overall path has the empire taken throughout its more than thousand-year history?

American Nancy Stalker, a professor in the history department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has written more than one book about Japan. But now before you is perhaps the most detailed yet concise, well-structured text about all stages of Japanese history and cultural development in chronological order. This book, despite its value for Orientalists, is written so clearly and vividly that it will captivate any reader interested in Japan and history in the broadest sense of the word.