War and State Building in Medieval Japan

by John Ferejohn

Book Overview

The nation state as we know it is a mere four or five hundred years old. Remarkably, a central government with vast territorial control emerged in Japan at around the same time as it did in Europe, through the process of mobilizing fiscal resources and manpower for bloody wars between the 16th and 17th centuries. This book, which brings Japan's case into conversation with the history of state building in Europe, points to similar factors that were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804763712
• ISBN13: 9780804763714
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"