A brief introductory text that emphasises cultural history while also covering political and economic history chapters are brief and each major chinese dynasty japanese shogunate or other discrete period is treated in a separate chapter. A brief history of chinese and japanese civilizations conrad schirokauer miranda brown david lurie suzanne gay cengage learning jan 1 2012 history 736 pages. The classical civilization of china china in antiquity turbluent times and classical thought the early imperial period pt 2 china and japan in a buddhist age china during the period of disunity the cosmopolitan civilization of the sui and tang 581 907 early japan to 794 heian japan pt 3 a new and crucial phase. In addition to a brief history of chinese and japanese civilizations and its separate volumes on china and japan he has published articles on song intellectual history and served as co editor with robert hymes of ordering the world approaches to state and society in sung dynasty china and as translator of chinas examination hell by . Get this from a library a brief history of chinese and japanese civilizations conrad schirokauer gift of dr john matzko bju history faculty home worldcat home about worldcat help search search schemaname a brief history of chinese and japanese civilizations en