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Japan in Print: Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period
A quiet revolution in knowledge separated the early modern period in Japan from all previous time. After 1600, self-appointed investigators used the model of the land and cartographic surveys of the newly unified state to observe and order subjects such as agronomy, medicine, gastronomy, commerce, travel, and entertainment. They subsequently circulated their findings throu...more
Hardcover, 342 pages
Published
February 16th 2006
by University of California Press
(first published 2006)
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Professor Berry's sharp intellect is at work in every sentence of her book which speaks with authority and originality. She makes even the most tedious directory on persons, products, and places sound interesting to read. However, she does not engage much with Japanese-language works or theories on maps and space-making. This may be the author's conscious choice, though some readers may be disappointed.
Amazing. A masterpiece. Wonderful narrative combined with in-depth analysis.
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