Morgan Pitelka (Chapel Hill University of North Carolina)

Reading Medieval Ruins

Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on rich archaeological evidence uncovered at Ichijodani, Pitelka proposes a new understanding of late medieval Japanese society. Exploring the city's layout, residents' possessions, politics, war, religion, and cultural networks, he argues that provincial centers could be dynamic and vibrant nodes of entrepreneurship and sophistication.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781009069977
• ISBN-10: 1009069977
• Artikelnr.: 68801568

Autorenporträt

Morgan Pitelka is Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Prologue
1. A provincial palace city as an urban space
2. The material culture of urban life
3. Late medieval warlords and the agglomeration of power
4. The material foundations of faith
5. Culture and sociability in the provinces
6. Urban destruction in late medieval japan
Epilogue: The excavated nation on display
Bibliography
Index.