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Genre/Form: | Encyclopedia Dictionary encyclopedias dictionaries Dictionaries Encyclopedias Encyclopedias (form) Encyclopédies Dictionnaires Dictionnaires anglais |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Louis-Frédéric, 1923- Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002 (OCoLC)606753856 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Louis-Frédéric; Käthe Roth |
ISBN: | 0674007700 9780674007703 0674017536 9780674017535 |
OCLC Number: | 48943301 |
Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
Description: | xx, 1102 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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Series Title: | Harvard University Press reference library. |
Other Titles: | Japon, dictionnaire et civilisation. |
Responsibility: | Louis Frédéric ; translated by Käthe Roth. |
Abstract:
This is a guide to the full range of Japanese history and civilisation, from the dawn of its prehistory to modern times, providing information on society and institutions, commerce and industry, sciences, sports, and politics, with particular emphasis on religion, material culture, and the arts.
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"Frederic's excellent, comprehensive, reasonably priced brief entry resource is intended for readers interested in virtually all aspects of Japanese studies." - K. W. Berger, Choice"
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