01258nam a2200241Ia 4500 CTU_119371 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 499200 952.008622 I.26 Ikegami, Eiko The taming of the samurai : Honorific individualism and the making of modern Japan Eiko Ikegami Cambridge Harvard University Press 1995 This book has already been widely praised by prominent American political scientists and historians for answering how the Japanese achieved modernity without traveling the route taken by Western countries. At once a remarkable historical study of the samurai warrior class from its ancient origins to its transformation under the Tokugawa regime and a comparative study that makes Japan available for analysis alongside other great instances of state formation...Beautifully written. It will undoubtedly become standard reading in universities around the world. Samurai,Samurai,Bushido,Ethics, Japanese,Japan History,Conduct of life,Civilization To 1868- Truc Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ