The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 19
... century the Portuguese were allowed to bring their firearms , medicine , astronomy , clocks and , most signifi- cantly , their religion . But this hospitality was reversed not long after the turn of the century , when the shogun began ...
... century the Portuguese were allowed to bring their firearms , medicine , astronomy , clocks and , most signifi- cantly , their religion . But this hospitality was reversed not long after the turn of the century , when the shogun began ...
Page 206
... century before the establishment of the Japanese shogunate , the first major European work on political theory since Roman times explicitly stated the king's subjecthood to law and ultimately to God . 10 In Policraticus , or The ...
... century before the establishment of the Japanese shogunate , the first major European work on political theory since Roman times explicitly stated the king's subjecthood to law and ultimately to God . 10 In Policraticus , or The ...
Page 280
... century , ended centuries of strife and bloodshed by their gradual unification of Japan , had absolutely no patience with indigenous Buddhism . The first of them , Oda Nobunaga , countered the ikko ikki ferociously for some ten years ...
... century , ended centuries of strife and bloodshed by their gradual unification of Japan , had absolutely no patience with indigenous Buddhism . The first of them , Oda Nobunaga , countered the ikko ikki ferociously for some ten years ...
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The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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