Nation Branding in Modern History -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Beyond Marketing and Diplomacy -- PART I. Branding the Nation and Selling the State -- Chapter 1. Nation Branding Amid Civil War -- Chapter 2. From the Moralizing Appeal...

The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto examines the large community of sake brewer-moneylenders in Japan's capital city, focusing on their rise to prominence from the mid-1300s to 1550. Their guild tie to overlords, notably the great monastery Enryakuji, was forged early in the medieval period,...