Japan

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'This is an entirely satisfactory book, originál in conception and admirable in execution. The value of Sir George Sansom is that he addresses himself to making plain the way the Japanese have corne, and to showirig why they are what they are. The reader feels as he closes the book that ... he has been enabled to get somé grip of the situation in the Far EaSt.5 - observer €Few Englishmen of the present generation can be better qualified to write on Japanese history and culture than Sir George Sansom. His book is of great interest and contains a mass of information. It is particularly valuable for its critical judgments. The sections on literature are written with the authority one would expect from a Japanese grammarian and experienced translator, while the accounts of religions and their effect on the political and social fabric are admirable.5-sunday times 'The history is of lasting value because it is based on primary and secondary sources in Japanese. It must be read by everyone... Tovább

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'This is an entirely satisfactory book, originál in conception and admirable in execution. The value of Sir George Sansom is that he addresses himself to making plain the way the Japanese have corne, and to showirig why they are what they are. The reader feels as he closes the book that ... he has been enabled to get somé grip of the situation in the Far EaSt.5 - observer €Few Englishmen of the present generation can be better qualified to write on Japanese history and culture than Sir George Sansom. His book is of great interest and contains a mass of information. It is particularly valuable for its critical judgments. The sections on literature are written with the authority one would expect from a Japanese grammarian and experienced translator, while the accounts of religions and their effect on the political and social fabric are admirable.5-sunday times 'The history is of lasting value because it is based on primary and secondary sources in Japanese. It must be read by everyone who wishes to go to the roots of the situation in the Far East.5-guardian Tt certainly has not been surpassed, ifit has even been equ alléd, by any work of the kind on Japan. His treatment is scholarly and masterly. Fine plates? line drawings, a map, and an excellent index add to the completeness of a book that is as fascinating as it is instructive.5-scotsman Vissza