Japan Its History and Culture Author:W. Scott Morton Beginning with its earliest known civilization (about 3,000 B.C.), Japan: It's History and Culture traces aspects of Japanese religion, art, militarism, and agriculture and analyzes the social, political, and economic life of Asia's wealthiest nation. Richly anecdotal, this book casts fascinating sidelights on significant Japanese persona... more »lities, works of literature, and historic events, and the characteristic of the Japanese culture to adopt other's material for their own.« less