Samurai : a very short introduction
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021].
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Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction
952 WERT
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952 WERT
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
120 : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Street Date
2104
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"A book about the samurai from their origins in the eighth and ninth centuries until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century. It dispels a lot of myths about the samurai one might encounter in popular culture. It describes samurai life, work, philosophy, and warfare as it changed over time. It covers what samurai were doing when they weren't fighting. For example, samurai who engaged in commerce, formed gangs, begged, and even taught samurai etiquette and martial arts to non-samurai. The first half of the book tends to focus on warriors, some of whom were essentially aristocrats; warrior families who looked to non-warrior nobles for models of behaviour, lifestyle, and politics. It traces the early formation of a warrior regime, how it interacted with an emperor-centered noble court located permanently in Kyoto, and the political and cultural struggles within the warrior class. The second half of the book zeroes in on the details of warlord families, the struggles of "rank-and-file" samurai typically depicted in popular culture-warriors from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. It also shows how samurai history, culture, and values were consumed by non-samurai and, in so doing, contributed to an idealized warrior image that even samurai themselves tried to emulate"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wert, M. (2021). Samurai: a very short introduction . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wert, Michael. 2021. Samurai: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wert, Michael. Samurai: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wert, Michael. Samurai: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2021.
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