John Whitney Hall

Biographic Data

ID3777261
NAMEJohn Whitney Hall
GIVEN NAMESJohn Whitney
FAMILY NAMEHall
SIGNATUREHALL J W
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1966
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX1

  • An Anatomy of Power: The Social Theory of Michael Mann

    Open AccessJohn Whitney Hall, John A Hall et al.BOOKAnatomy of Power2006

    Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists of recent decades. His work has had a major impact in sociology, history, political science, international relations and other social science disciplines. His main work, The Sources of Social Power, of which two of three volumes have been completed, provides an all-encompassing account of the history of power from the beginnings of stratified societies to present day. Recently he has publis…

  • Government and Local Power in Japan, 500-1700: A Study Based on Bizen Province

    John Hall, John Whitney HallBOOKGovernment and local power in…1999

  • The Cambridge History of Japan

    Open AccessJohn Whitney Hall, Madoka Kanai et al.BOOKThe Cambridge History of Japan1999

    This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Heian period, the golden age of the Japanese imperial court, in any Western language. From Heian-kyo, founded in 794, the Japanese emperor ruled over an elaborate government modelled on China's absolute monarchy. Ambassadors to the T'ang court and students studying in China brought back laws, ideas, Buddhism, temple architecture, sculpture, and wall-painting. Chinese influences blended …

  • The Cambridge History of Japan

    Open AccessJohn Whitney Hall, Donald H Shively et al.BOOKThe Cambridge history of Japan1993

    Japan's ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a Chinese-style empire emerged. This volume of The Cambridge History of Japan spans the beginnings of human existence to the end of the eighth century, focusing on the thousand years between 300 BC and 784, the end of the fabulous Nara period. The volume explores this period in four stages: (1) The Yayoi period (to about AD 250) when small kingdoms and kingdom federatio…

  • The Cambridge History of Japan

    Open AccessJames L Mcclain, Marius B Jansen et al.BOOKThe Cambridge History of Japan…1991

    This is the fourth of six volumes designed to explore the history of Japan from prehistoric to modern times. Volume 4 covers the years from 1550 to 1800, a short but surprisingly eventful period in Japanese history commonly referred to as Japan's Early Modern Age. At the start, in the sixteenth century, much of the country was being pulled apart by local military lords engaged in a struggle for land and local hegemony. These daimyo succeeded in d…

  • The Cambridge History of Japan

    Open AccessDenis Twitchett, John Whitney Hall et al.BOOKThe Cambridge History of Japan,…1990

    This third volume of The Cambridge History of Japan is devoted to the three and a half centuries spanning the final decades of the twelfth century when the Kamakura bakufu was founded to the mid-sixteenth century when civil wars raged following the demise of the Muromachi bakufu. The volume creates a rich tapestry of the events that took place during these colourful centuries, when the warrior class ruled Japan, institutions underwent fundamental…

  • The Cambridge History of Japan

    Open AccessDenis Twitchett, John Whitney Hall et al.BOOKThe Cambridge History of Japan,…1989

    Volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Japan provides the most comprehensive account available in any Western language of Japan's transformation from a feudal society to a modern nation state. It traces the roots and course of political, social, and institutional change that took place in Japan from late Tokugawa times to the early twentieth century. During this period Japan, under pressure from the intrusive West, abandoned its policy of national …

  • The Cambridge History of Japan

    Open AccessJohn Whitney Hall, Donald H Shively et al.BOOKThe Cambridge History of Japan.1989

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  • Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500-1650

    John Whitney Hall, S Hall et al.BOOKJapan Before Tokugawa1987

    These papers by leading specialists on sixteenth-century Japan explore Japan's transition from medieval (Chusei) to early modern (Kinsei) society. During this time, regional lords (daimyo) first battled for local autonomy and then for national supremacy. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Prin…

  • Warlords, Artists and Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century

    Frank Hoff, Donald Keene et al.BOOKWarlords, Artists and Commoners1981Cited by: 2

  • Japan in the Muromachi Age

    John S Brownlee, John Whitney Hall et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1978

  • Das Japanische Kaiserreich

    John Whitney HallARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1968

  • Government and Local Power in Japan, 500 to 1700: A Study Based on Bizen Province

    Delmer M Brown, John Whitney HallARTICLEThe American Historical Review1966